Ecce humanitas: beholding the pain of humanity
Through a critical exploration of violence and the sacred, Ecce Humanitas recasts the fall of liberal humanism. Brad Evans offers a rich analysis of the changing nature of sacrificial violence, from its theological origins to the exhaustion of the victim in the contemporary world.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New York
Columbia University Press
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Series/Journal: | Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Girard, René 1923-2015
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Victims-Social aspects
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Through a critical exploration of violence and the sacred, Ecce Humanitas recasts the fall of liberal humanism. Brad Evans offers a rich analysis of the changing nature of sacrificial violence, from its theological origins to the exhaustion of the victim in the contemporary world. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (352 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-54558-7 |
