Violent origins
By: 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.
Contributors: Burkert, Walter, 1931-; Girard, René, 1923-; Smith, Jonathan Z.; Hamerton-Kelly, Robert.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
Subjects: Human sacrifice.; Ritualism.; Violence.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [257]-265.
Includes index.