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Radical sacrifice /

A trenchant analysis of sacrifice as the foundation of the modern, as well as the ancient, social order. The modern conception of sacrifice is at once cast as a victory of self-discipline over desire and condescended to as destructive and archaic abnegation. But even in the Old Testament, the dual n...

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Autor principal: Eagleton, Terry
Format: Printed Book
Publicat: London Yale University Press 2018
Matèries:
Taula de continguts:
  • Preface
  • Radical sacrifice
  • Tragedy and crucifixion
  • Martyrdom and mortality
  • Exchange and excess
  • Kings and beggars
  • Endnotes
  • Index.