Human Sacrifice And Value (Studies In Death, Materiality And The Origin Of Time)

This volume explores concepts of human sacrifice, focusing on its value - or multiplicity of values - in relative cultural and temporal terms, whether sacrifice is expressed in actual killings, in ideas revolving around ritualized, sanctioned, or sanctified violence or loss, or in transformed and (often sublimated) undertakings--

• • Author: Sean ONeill, Svein H. Gullbekk, Eva-Johanna Marie Lafuente Nilsson
• • Publisher: Routledge
• • Publication Date: Oct 26, 2023
• • Number of Pages: 422 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1032134860
• • ISBN-13: 9781032134864