Violent origins / Walter Burkert, René Girard & Jonathan Z. Smith on ritual killing and cultural formation ; edited by Robert G. Hamerton-Kelly, with an introduction by Burton Mack and a commentary by Renato Rosaldo.
Contributor(s): Burkert, Walter
| Girard, René | Smith, Jonathan Z | Hamerton-Kelly, Robert | Rosaldo, Renato | Mack, Burton
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TextPublisher: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [1987]Copyright date: ©1987Description: xiii, 275 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0804715181 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Ritualism | Human sacrifice | ViolenceDDC classification: 303.6/2 LOC classification: GN473.4 | .V56 1987Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-265) and index.| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-265) and index.
Introduction : Religion and ritual / Burton Mack -- Generative scapegoating / René Girard -- The problem of ritual killing / Walter Burkert -- The domestication of sacrifice / Jonathan Z. Smith -- Anthropological commentary / Renato Rosaldo.
Consists of edited transcriptions from conference held 1983, Pajaro Dunes, California.
Conference was sponsored by the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity at the Claremont Graduate School (Claremont, Calif.), the Stanford Newman Institute, and the Stanford Memorial Church.