Blood Sacrifice and the Nation: Totem Rituals and the American Flag

by David W. Ingle and Carolyn Marvin

Book Overview

The authors argue that American patriotism is a civil religion organized around a sacred flag, whose followers engage in periodic blood sacrifice of their own children to unify the group. Using an... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521626099
• ISBN13: 9780521626095
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"