The sacred monstrous : a reflection on violence in human communities / Wendy C. Hamblet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hamblet, Wendy C., 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--Moral and ethical aspects.

Violence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (130 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland ; Oxford, England : Lexington Books, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In The Sacred Monstrous author Wendy Hamblet traces the historical and social fact of violence through the work of Girard, Bloch, Lorenz and Burket. She takes up the charge advanced by social theorists, anthropologists and others that violence is steeped in our being; it pervades our generations and is imbedded in the ethos of our modern institutions. Hamblet's discussion of human history re-frames our understanding of how violence works in history and society. The Sacred Monstrous is a salient work of continentally informed philosophy that contributes significantly to any discussion of violen

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface: apologia; 1. Ritual and Mythical Beginnings; 2. Ritual In:form-ations the anthropologists' theories; 3. Resonances in Ritual Theory; 4. Mythical Traces of the Legacy of Violence under the shadow of the ""fall""; 5. Home-Craft in the History of Philosophy""innocent egoist and alone""; 6. The Ambiguities of Home a phenomenology of identity-construction; 7. Violence as Community the suffocating embrace of the home; 8. Superstructures of Identity; 9. In the Wake of Violent Rituals; Selected Bibliography; Index

About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-31749-4

0-7391-0615-5

0-7391-6055-9

OCLC:

857711526