On sacrifice / / Moshe Halbertal
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| Autore: |
Halbertal Moshe
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| Titolo: |
On sacrifice / / Moshe Halbertal
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| Pubblicazione: | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2012 |
| Edizione: | Course Book |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (147 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 203/.4 |
| Soggetto topico: | Sacrifice |
| Self-sacrifice | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Sacrificing to -- Part II. Sacrificing for -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 trauma at the root of both ritual and violence. An offering is also an ambiguous gesture torn between a genuine expression of gratitude and love and an instrument of exchange, a tension that haunts the practice of sacrifice. In the moral and political domains, sacrifice is tied to the idea of self-transcendence, in which an individual sacrifices his or her self-interest for the sake of higher values and commitments. While self-sacrifice has great potential moral value, it can also be used to justify the most brutal acts. Halbertal attempts to unravel the relationship between self-sacrifice and violence, arguing that misguided self-sacrifice is far more problematic than exaggerated self-love. In his exploration of the positive and negative dimensions of self-sacrifice, Halbertal also addresses the role of past sacrifice in obligating future generations and in creating a bond for political associations, and considers the function of the modern state as a sacrificial community. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | On sacrifice |
| ISBN: | 1-283-45702-4 |
| 9786613457028 | |
| 1-4008-4235-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910807115003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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