Understanding religious sacrifice [[electronic resource] ] : a reader / / edited by Jeffrey Carter

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Continuum, 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (480 p.)
• Disciplina: 203/.4
• Soggetto topico: Sacrifice
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: CarterJeffrey <1963->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; General Introduction; 1 EDWARD BURNETT TYLOR: From Primitive Culture: Researches in the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Arts, and Custom; 2 HERBERT SPENCER: From The Principles of Sociology; 3 WILLIAM ROBERTSON SMITH: From The Religion of the Semites: The Fundamental Institution; 4 JAMES G. FRAZER: From The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion; 5 HENRI HUBERT and MARCEL MAUSS: From Sacrifice: Its Nature and Function; 6 EDWARD A. WESTERMARCK: From The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas ; 7 EMILE DURKHEIM: From The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life8 SIGMUND FREUD: From Totem and Taboo: Some Points of Agreement between the Mental Lives of Savages and Neurotics; 9 GERARDUS VAN DER LEEUW: From Religion in Essence and Manifestation: A Study in Phenomenology; 10 GEORGES BATAILLE: From The Accursed Share: An Essay on General Economy; 11 ADOLF E. JENSEN: From Myth and Cult among Primitive Peoples; 12 EDWARD E. EVANS-PRITCHARD: ""The Meaning of Sacrifice among the Nuer""; 13 WALTER BURKERT: From Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth ; 14 RENÉ GIRARD: From Violence and the Sacred15 JAN VAN BAAL: ""Offering, Sacrifice and Gift""; 16 VICTOR TURNER: From ""Sacrifice as Quintessential Process: Prophylaxis or Abandonment?""; 17 LUC DE HEUSCH: From Sacrifice in Africa: A Structuralist Approach; 18 VALERIO VALERI: From Kingship and Sacrifice: Ritual and Society in Ancient Hawaii; 19 JONATHAN Z. SMITH: ""The Domestication of Sacrifice""; 20 ROBERT J. DALY: ""The Power of Sacrifice in Ancient Judaism and Christianity""; 21 BRUCE LINCOLN: ""Debreasting, Disarming, Beheading: Some Sacrificial Practices of the Scyths and Amazons"" ; 22 NANCY JAY: From Throughout Your Generations Forever: Sacrifice, Religion, and Paternity23 WILLIAM BEERS: From Women and Sacrifice: Male Narcissism and the Psychology of Religion; 24 MAURICE BLOCH: From Prey into Hunter: The Politics of Religious Experience; 25 JON D. LEVENSON: From The Death and Resurrection of the Beloved Son: The Transformation of Child Sacrifice in Judaism and Christianity; Postscript; Selected Bibliography on Sacrifice; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume provides a thorough introduction to the major classic and modern writings dealing with religious sacrifice. Collected here are twenty five influential selections, each with a brief introduction addressing the overall framework and assumptions of its author. As they present different theories and examples of sacrifice, these selections also discuss important concepts in religious studies such as the origin of religion, totemism, magic, symbolism, violence, structuralism and ritual performance. Students of comparative religion, ritual studies, the history of religions, the anthropolo
• Titolo autorizzato: Understanding religious sacrifice
• ISBN: 1-283-20258-1; 9786613202581; 1-4411-0921-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461842703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Controversies in the study of religion.