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Klappentext 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 anthropology of religion and theories of religion will particularly value the historical organization and thematic analyses presented in this collection. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. General Introduction Jeffrey Carter2. Primitive Culture: researches in the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Arts and Custom Sir Edward B. Tylor3. the Principles of Sociology, Vol 1 Herbert Spencer4. The Religion of the Semites: The Fundamental Institutions W. Robertson Smith5. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion James G. Frazer6. Sacrifice: Its Nature and Function Henri Hubert and Marcel Mauss 7. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas, Vol 1 Edward A. Westermarck8. The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life Emile Durkheim9. Totem and Taboo: Some Points of Agreement Between the Mental Lives of Savages and Neurotics Sigmund Freud10. Religion in Essence and Manifestation Gerardus van der Leeuw11. Myth and Cult Among Primitive Peoples Adolf Jensen12. Nuer Religion E.E. Evans-Prichard13. The Savage Mind Claude Levi-Strauss14. Violence and the Sacred Rene Girard15. Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth Walter Burkert16. Theory of Religion Georges Bataille17. Sacrifice as Quintessential Process: Prophylaxis or Abandonment? Victor Turner18. Kingship and Sacrifice: Ritual and Society in Ancient Hawaii Valerio Valeri19. Sacrifice in Africa: A Structuralist Approach Luc de Heusch20. the Domestication of Sacrifice Jonathan Z. Smith21. The Power of Sacrifice in Ancient Judaism and Christianity Robert J. Daly22. Debreasting, Disarming, Beheading: Some Sacrificial Practices of Scyths and Amazons Bruce Lincoln23. Women and Sacrifice: Male Narcissism and the Psychology of Religion William Beers24. Throughout Your Generations Forever: Sacrifice, Religion and Paternity Nancy Jay25. Prey Into Hunter: The Politics of Religious Experience Maurice Bloch26. The Death and Resurrection of the Beloved Son: The Transformation of child Sacrifice in Judaism and Christianity Jon D. Levenson 27. Conclusion: Theory Making and Sacrifice Jeffrey Carter...
Table des matières
1. General Introduction Jeffrey Carter
2. Primitive Culture: researches in the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Arts and Custom Sir Edward B. Tylor
3. the Principles of Sociology, Vol 1 Herbert Spencer
4. The Religion of the Semites: The Fundamental Institutions W. Robertson Smith
5. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion James G. Frazer
6. Sacrifice: Its Nature and Function Henri Hubert and Marcel Mauss
7. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas, Vol 1 Edward A. Westermarck
8. The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life Emile Durkheim
9. Totem and Taboo: Some Points of Agreement Between the Mental Lives of Savages and Neurotics Sigmund Freud
10. Religion in Essence and Manifestation Gerardus van der Leeuw
11. Myth and Cult Among Primitive Peoples Adolf Jensen
12. Nuer Religion E.E. Evans-Prichard
13. The Savage Mind Claude Levi-Strauss
14. Violence and the Sacred Rene Girard
15. Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth Walter Burkert
16. Theory of Religion Georges Bataille
17. Sacrifice as Quintessential Process: Prophylaxis or Abandonment? Victor Turner
18. Kingship and Sacrifice: Ritual and Society in Ancient Hawaii Valerio Valeri
19. Sacrifice in Africa: A Structuralist Approach Luc de Heusch
20. the Domestication of Sacrifice Jonathan Z. Smith
21. The Power of Sacrifice in Ancient Judaism and Christianity Robert J. Daly
22. Debreasting, Disarming, Beheading: Some Sacrificial Practices of Scyths and Amazons Bruce Lincoln
23. Women and Sacrifice: Male Narcissism and the Psychology of Religion William Beers
24. Throughout Your Generations Forever: Sacrifice, Religion and Paternity Nancy Jay
25. Prey Into Hunter: The Politics of Religious Experience Maurice Bloch
26. The Death and Resurrection of the Beloved Son: The Transformation of child Sacrifice in Judaism and Christianity Jon D. Levenson
27. Conclusion: Theory Making and Sacrifice Jeffrey Carter
A propos de l'auteur
Jeffrey Carter is Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina.
