Vengeance in Reverse: The Tangled Loops of Violence, Myth, and Madness - Brossura

Libro 35 di 54: Studies in Violence, Mimesis & Culture

Anspach, Mark R.

 
9781611862386: Vengeance in Reverse: The Tangled Loops of Violence, Myth, and Madness
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ISBN 10: 1611862388 ISBN 13: 9781611862386
Casa editrice: Michigan State Univ Pr, 2017

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How do humans stop fighting? Where do the gods of myth come from? What does it mean to go mad? Mark R. Anspach tackles these and other conundrums as he draws on ethnography, literature, psychotherapy, and the theory of René Girard to explore some of the fundamental mechanisms of human interaction. Likening gift exchange to vengeance in reverse, the first part of the book outlines a fresh approach to reciprocity, while the second part traces the emergence of transcendence in collective myths and individual delusions. From the peacemaking rituals of prestate societies to the paradoxical structure of consciousness, Anspach takes the reader on an intellectual journey that begins with the problem of how to deceive violence and ends with the riddle of how one can deceive oneself.
 
 

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Informazioni sull?autore

Mark R. Anspach is an American anthropologist and social theorist whose writings have appeared in nine languages. He is affiliated with the LIAS research team at the Institut Marcel Mauss, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris.
 

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Editore
Michigan State Univ Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2017
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1611862388
ISBN 13 
9781611862386
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
121
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