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Sacrifice imagined : violence, atonement, and the sacred / Douglas Hedley.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Continuum, c2011.Description: viii, 248 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781441110039 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 1441110038 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 9781441194459 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1441194452 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 203/.4 23
LOC classification:
  • BL570 .H43 2011
Other classification:
  • 11.02
Contents:
The theophanic imagination, 'making sacred', and the sublime -- Costly signalling or hallowed violence: explaining sacrifice? -- Failed oblations and the tragic imagination -- Thraldom, liberty, and licence: freedom and renunciation -- Immolation, suffering, and the blood-stained logos -- Responsibility, atonement, and sacrifice transformed -- Metamorphosis and the pathetic divine: Dionysus and the crucified -- The 'quire-musick' of the temple and the heavenly banquet.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books SAIACS General Stacks Non-fiction 232.4 H455S (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.2 Available 058836
Books Books SAIACS General Stacks Centre for South Asia Research (CSAR) 232.4 H455S (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 050895

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The theophanic imagination, 'making sacred', and the sublime -- Costly signalling or hallowed violence: explaining sacrifice? -- Failed oblations and the tragic imagination -- Thraldom, liberty, and licence: freedom and renunciation -- Immolation, suffering, and the blood-stained logos -- Responsibility, atonement, and sacrifice transformed -- Metamorphosis and the pathetic divine: Dionysus and the crucified -- The 'quire-musick' of the temple and the heavenly banquet.

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