Blood: A Critique of Christianity

by Gil Anidjar

Book Overview

Blood, according to Gil Anidjar, maps the singular history of Christianity. As a category for historical analysis, blood can be seen through its literal and metaphorical uses as determining, sometimes even defining Western culture, politics, and social practices and their wide-ranging incarnations in nationalism, capitalism, and law.

Engaging with a variety of sources, Anidjar explores the presence and the absence, the making and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231167210
• ISBN13: 9780231167215
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher