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Sacrifice Imagined

Violence, Atonement and the Sacred [Hardback]

by Uk) Professor Douglas Hedley (university Of Cambridge

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Continuum

    • Published

      September 2011

    • Weight

      500g

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      Sacrifice Imagined

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      This book is an original exploration of the idea of sacrifice by one of the world's pre-eminent philosophers of religion. "Sacrifice Imagined" is an original exploration of the idea of sacrifice by one of the world's preeminent philosophers of religion. Despisers of religion have poured scorn upon the idea of sacrifice as an index of the irrational and wicked in religious practice. Nor does its secularised form seem much more appealing. One need only think of the appalling cult of sacrifice in numerous totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century. Yet sacrifice remains a part of our cultural and intellectual 'imaginary'. Hedley proposes good reasons to think that issues of global conflict and the ecological crisis highlight the continuing relevance of the topic of sacrifice for contemporary culture. The subject of sacrifice has been decisively influenced by two books: Girard's "The Violence and the Sacred" and Burkert's "Homo Necans". Both of these are theories of sacrifice as violence. Hedley's book challenges both of these highly influential theories and presents a theory of sacrifice as renunciation of the will.His guiding influences in this are the much misunderstood Joseph de Maistre and the Cambridge Platonists.

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      • Book Format

        Hardback

      • Publisher

        Continuum

      • Published

        September 2011

      • Weight

        500g

      • Page Count

        258

      • Dimensions

        156 x 234 x 17 mm

      • ISBN

        9781441110039

      • ISBN-10

        1441110038

      • Eden Code

        4029961

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      • ISBN: 9781441110039

      • Publisher: Continuum

      • Release Date: September 2011

      • Weight: 500g

      • Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 17 mm

      • Eden Code: 4029961


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