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Violence and the Sacred in the Modern World (Hardcover)
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Violence and the Sacred in the Modern World (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Sociology of Religion
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How is symbolic violence related to the real acts of religious
violence around the modern world? The authors of this book, first
published in 1992, explore this question with reference to some of
the most volatile religious and political conflicts of the day:
Hezbollah in Lebanon, Sikhs in India, militant Jewish groups in
Israel, and Muslim movements from the Middle East to Indonesia. In
addition to providing valuable insights into these important
incidents, the authors - social scientists and historians of
comparative religion - are responding to the theoretical issues
articulated by Rene Girard in Violence and the Sacred (1977). The
present volume is the first book of essays to test Girard's
theories about the social significance of religious symbols of
violence against real, rather than symbolic, acts. In some cases
his theories are found to be applicable; in other cases, the
authors provide alternative theories of their own. In a concluding
essay, co-authored by Mark Anspach, Girard provides a response.
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