Prey into hunter: the politics of religious experience

Maurice Bloch has for many years been developing an original and influential theory of ritual. In this book he synthesises a radical theory of religion. Rituals in a great many societies deny the transience of life and of human institutions. Bloch argues that they enact this denial by symbolically s...

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Main Author: Bloch, Maurice 1939- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1992.
In:Year: 1992
Reviews:Prey into Hunter: The Politics of Religious Experience. Maurice Bloch (1993) (Carter, Jeffrey)
Series/Journal:Lewis Henry Morgan lectures
Further subjects:B Religion and civilization
B Experience (Religion)
B Violence Religious aspects
B Sacrifice
B Violence ; Religious aspects
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 9780521411547
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