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The Head Beneath the Altar: Hindu Mythology and the Critique of Sacrifice (Studies in Violence, Mimesis, & Culture)
Brian Collins
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| #1991701 in Books | 2014-01-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x1.00 x6.00l,.90 | File type: PDF | 320 pages||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| She might be right|By Jack|Don't be too tough on the reviewer who said this book is too good for you, she just might be right. (not sure that you'll impress anyone, however) I haven't had a head-scratching good time with a book since I stumbled on Girard's Violence and the Sacred ten years ago. In addition to Hindu myth and Collin's critique fascinating as it is, he also clue||
In this lucid and vividly written book, Collins illuminates his analysis of violence and sacrifice in Hinduism with a highly original concept of the meaning of violence and sacrifice more generally. Building on works by (and against) René Girard, h
In the beginning, says the ancient Hindu text the Rg Veda, was man. And from man’s sacrifice and dismemberment came the entire world, including the hierarchical ordering of human society. The Head Beneath the Altar is the first book to present a wide-ranging study of Hindu texts read through the lens of René Girard’s mimetic theory of the sacrificial origin of religion and culture. For those interested in Girard and comparative relig...
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