Violent Origins

by Jonathan Smith, René Girard, Walter Burkert, et al.

Book Overview

Burkert, Girard, and Smith hold important and contradictory theories about the nature and origin of ritual sacrifice, and the role violence plays in religion and culture. These papers and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804713707
• ISBN13: 9780804713702
• Release Date: May 1987
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.8"