TY - BOOK AU - Halbertal,Moshe TI - On sacrifice SN - 9781400842353 AV - BL570 U1 - 203.4203/.4 PY - 2012/// CY - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press KW - Sacrifice KW - Self-sacrifice KW - Dévouement KW - RELIGION KW - Reference KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=434564 ER -