Violence and the Sacred in the Modern World

Book Overview

How is symbolic violence related to the real acts of religious violence around the modern world? The authors of this book, first published in 1992, explore this question as well as responding to theories about the issue from Ren Girard's Violence and the Sacred (1977).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367030896
• ISBN13: 9780367030896
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"