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Halbertal, Moshe.

On sacrifice / Moshe Halbertal. - 1 online resource (ix, 134 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-131) and index.

Offering, rejection, and ritual -- Sacrifice, exchange, and love -- Sacrifice and its substitutes -- Self-transcendence and violence -- War and sacrificial logic -- Sacrifice and the political bond -- The tate and the sacrificial stage.

The idea and practice of sacrifice play a profound role in religion, ethics, and politics. In this brief book, philosopher Moshe Halbertal explores the meaning and implications of sacrifice, developing a theory of sacrifice as an offering and examining the relationship between sacrifice, ritual, violence, and love. On Sacrifice also looks at the place of self-sacrifice within ethical life and at the complex role of sacrifice as both a noble and destructive political ideal. In the religious domain, Halbertal argues, sacrifice is an offering, a gift given in the context of a hierarchical relationship.

ISBN: 9781400842353 1400842352

Source: 22573/cttmg1v JSTOR F86C53C5-F0C4-4619-A2EC-13E640F3BECB OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sacrifice.
Self-sacrifice.
Sacrifice.
Dévouement.
RELIGION--Reference.
Sacrifice
Self-sacrifice

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BL570

Dewey Class. No.: 203.4 203/.4