Sacrifice
Rene Girard interrogates the Brahmanas of Vedic India, exploring coincidences with mimetic theory that are too numerous and striking to be accidental. Recognizing that the Vedic tradition also converges on a revelation that discredits sacrifice, mimetic theory locates within sacrifice itself a paradoxical power of quiet reflection that leads, in the long run, to the eclipse of this institution which is violent but nevertheless fundamental to the development of human culture. Far from unduly privileging the Western tradition and awarding it a monopoly on the knowledge and repudiation of blood sacrifice, mimetic analysis recognizes comparable,…
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- ISBN: 978-0-87013-992-5
- EAN: 9780870139925
- Produktnummer: 10731855
- Verlag: Michigan St Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 104 S.
- Masse: H15.2 cm x B11.3 cm x D1.7 cm 101 g
- Auflage: New
- Gewicht: 101
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