The Role of Sacrifice in the Secular Age

The focus of this Special Issue is the analysis of the role played by sacrifice in complex secular and modern societies, in which, the concept of ‘emotional self-restriction' (Freud, 201; Elias, 2009), as a keystone of civilization, has collapsed. Today, the old idea of sacrifice is superseded by th...

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Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
Subjects:	sacrifice gift victim post-heroic sacralization of the person pilgrimage sacred festivals Wagner Bayreuth Durkheim opera imaginary violence rituality collective communion late modernity martyrdom ETA Yoyes ethnography psychoanalysis cultural trauma victims of terrorism ritual performance expropriation crisis financialization capitalism sacredness of the person self-sacrifice exchange relinquishment secular religiosity n/a thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
Online Access:	ONIX_20220111_9783036520759_628
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The Role of Sacrifice in the Secular Age

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