Violent Origins
Subtitle: Walter Burkert, Rene Girard, and Jonathan Z. Smith on Ritual Killing and Cultural Formation
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: July 1987
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780804713702
Subjects: Social & cultural anthropology; Violence in Society; Doctrinal Theology; Violence (Sociological Aspects); Sociology; Social Science; Ritualism; Human sacrifice; Violence
First sentence: In current usage, the word scapegoat has three frequently confused meanings that should be carefully distinguished: a biblical meaning, an anthropological meaning, and a psychosocial meaning.