Violent origins

Author(s)

• Burkert, Walter
• Girard, René
• Smith, Jonathan Z.
• Hamerton-Kelly, Robert

Bibliographic Information

Violent origins

Walter Burkert, René Girard, and Jonathan Z. Smith on ritual killing and cultural formation ; edited by Robert G. Hamerton-Kelly ; with an introduction by Burton Mack ; and a commentary by Renato Rosaldo

Stanford University Press, c1987

• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. [259]-265

Includes index

Contents of Works

• Introduction : religion and ritual / Burton Mack
• Generative scapegoating / René Girard
• The problem of ritual killing / Walter Burkert
• The domestication of sacrifice / Jonathan Z. Smith
• Anthropological commentary / Renato Rosaldo

Details

• NCID: BA01074141
• ISBN:
  • 0804713707
  • 0804715181
• LCCN: 86023009
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Stanford, Calif.
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 275 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GN473.4
  • DC19 : 303.6/2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Sacrifice, Human
  • LCSH : Ritualism
  • LCSH : Violence