Prey into Hunter

Maurice (London School of Economics and Political Science) Bloch

Cambridge University Press, 1991

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In this book Maurice Bloch synthesises a radical theory of religion. Rituals inmany societies deny the transience of life and of human institutions. Bloch argues that they enact this denial by symbolically sacrificing the participants themselves, so allowing them to participate in the immortality of a transcendent entity.

ISBN-13
9780521423120
ISBN-10
0521423120
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1991
Publication date
1991-10-17
Pages
132
Dimensions
226x150x8
Weight
220