Blood: A Critique of Christianity

Blood, in Gil Anidjar's argument, maps the singular history of Christianity. A category for historical analysis, blood can be seen through its literal and metaphorical uses as determining, sometimes even defining, Western culture, politics, and social practices and their wide-ranging incarnatio...

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Autor principal: Anidjar, Gil 1964- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publicado: New York Columbia University Press 2014
En:Año: 2014
Colección / Revista:Religion, Culture, and Public Life
Otras palabras clave:B Electronic books
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Aggregator)
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Sumario:Blood, in Gil Anidjar's argument, maps the singular history of Christianity. A category for historical analysis, blood can be seen through its literal and metaphorical uses as determining, sometimes even defining, Western culture, politics, and social practices and their wide-ranging incarnations in nationalism, capitalism, and law. Engaging with a variety of sources, Anidjar explores the presence and the absence, the making and unmaking of blood in philosophy and medicine, law and literature, and economic and political thought, from ancient Greece to medieval Spain, from the Bible to Shakes
Notas:Description based upon print version of record
Descripción Física:Online-Ressource (463 p)
ISBN:0231167202