Excess
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*''[[Gamiani|Gamiani, ou Une Nuit d'Excès]]'' (1833) by Alfred de Musset | *''[[Gamiani|Gamiani, ou Une Nuit d'Excès]]'' (1833) by Alfred de Musset | ||
- | *''[[Visions of Excess: Selected Writings, 1927-1939]]'' (1985) by Georges Bataille | + | *''[[Visions of Excess (anthology of Georges Bataille translations)|Visions of Excess: Selected Writings, 1927-1939]]'' (1985) by Georges Bataille |
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*[[Moderation]] | *[[Moderation]] |
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"[Excess energy] must be spent, willingly or not, gloriously or catastrophically. This is the logic of sacrifice." --The Accursed Share, Georges Bataille, tr. Zone Books "It has frequently been remarked that popular feasts lead to excesses, and cause men to lose sight of the distinction separating the licit from the illicit ..." The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life (1912), Émile Durkheim |
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Excess is the state of exceeding or going beyond limits, beyond what is normal or usual. Related terms include eccentricity, extravagance and transgression. Georges Bataille, in works such as The Accursed Share, was a leading theorist on excess.
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Etymology
Old English exces, excess, ecstasy; Latin excessus a going out, loss of self-possession, from excedere, excessum, to go out, go beyond. See ex-cedere.
Namesakes
- Gamiani, ou Une Nuit d'Excès (1833) by Alfred de Musset
- Visions of Excess: Selected Writings, 1927-1939 (1985) by Georges Bataille
Contrast
See also
- Dissipation
- Extravagance
- Gratification
- Immoderateness
- Indulgence
- Intemperance
- Superfluity
- Superabundance
- Transgression