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On Sacrifice (Paperback)
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On Sacrifice (Paperback)
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Loot Price R441
Discovery Miles 4 410
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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. As such it is vulnerable to rejection, a
trauma at the root of both ritual and violence. An offering is also
an ambiguous gesture torn between a genuine expression of gratitude
and love and an instrument of exchange, a tension that haunts the
practice of sacrifice. In the moral and political domains,
sacrifice is tied to the idea of self-transcendence, in which an
individual sacrifices his or her self-interest for the sake of
higher values and commitments. While self-sacrifice has great
potential moral value, it can also be used to justify the most
brutal acts. Halbertal attempts to unravel the relationship between
self-sacrifice and violence, arguing that misguided self-sacrifice
is far more problematic than exaggerated self-love. In his
exploration of the positive and negative dimensions of
self-sacrifice, Halbertal also addresses the role of past sacrifice
in obligating future generations and in creating a bond for
political associations, and considers the function of the modern
state as a sacrificial community.
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