The Head Beneath the Altar: Hindu Mythology and the Critique of Sacrifice (Studies in Violence, Mimesis & Culture) free ebook download.

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Author(s):	Brian Collins

Date:	2024	Format:	epub	Language:	English	ISBN/ASIN:	1611861160
Pages:	320	OCR:		Quality:		ISBN13:
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In the beginning, says the ancient Hindu text the Rg Veda, was man. And from mans 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 Ren Girards mimetic theory of the sacrificial origin of religion and culture. For those interested in Girard and comparative religion, the book also performs a careful reading of Girards work, drawing connections between his thought and the work of theorists like Georges Dumzil and Giorgio Agamben. Brian Collins examines the idea of sacrifice from the earliest recorded rituals through the flowering of classical mythology and the ancient Indian institutions of the duel, the oath, and the secret warrior society. He also uncovers implicit and explicit critiques in the tradition, confirming Girards intuition that Hinduism offers an alternative anti-sacrificial worldview to the one contained in the gospels.
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