On Sacrifice
The idea and practice of sacrifice play a profound role in religion, ethics, and politics. In this brief book, philosopher Moshe Halbertal explores the meaning and implications of sacrifice, developing a theory of sacrifice as an offering and examining the relationship between sacrifice, ritual, violence, and love. On Sacrifice also looks at the place of self-sacrifice within ethical life and at the complex role of sacrifice as both a noble and destructive political ideal. In the religious domain, Halbertal argues, sacrifice is an offering, a gift given in the context of a hierarchical relationship. As such it is vulnerable to rejection, a tr…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4008-4235-3
- EAN: 9781400842353
- Produktnummer: 13948405
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 152 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 0 KB
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Moshe Halbertal
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