Sacrifice in modernity: community, ritual, identity : from nationalism and nonviolence to health care and Harry Potter

Sacrifice seems to belong to a religious context of the past. In Sacrifice in Modernity: Community, Ritual, Identity it is demonstrated how sacrificial themes remain an essential element in our post-modern society. The shaping of community, performing rituals and the search for identity, three main...

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Collaborateurs: Duyndam, Joachim 1954- (Éditeur intellectuel) ; Korte, Anne-Marie 1957- (Éditeur intellectuel) ; Poorthuis, Marcel 1955- (Éditeur intellectuel)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Leiden Boston Brill [2017]
Dans:Année: 2017
Collection/Revue:Studies in theology and religion Volume 22
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Modernité / Communauté / Sacrifice (Psychologie sociale) / Rituel / Recherche de l’identité
B Modernité / Sacrifice (Psychologie sociale)
Sujets non-standardisés:B Religion
B Civilization, Modern
B Electronic books
B Sacrifice
B Conduct of life
B Recueil d'articles
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Édition parallèle:Non-électronique
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Résumé:Sacrifice seems to belong to a religious context of the past. In Sacrifice in Modernity: Community, Ritual, Identity it is demonstrated how sacrificial themes remain an essential element in our post-modern society. The shaping of community, performing rituals and the search for identity, three main characteristics of traditional sacrifice, are dynamics of our modern times as well which cannot be understood without sacrificial awareness. This is demonstrated in such areas as the German poet Hölderlin, Harry Potter, martyrdom, the Twilight Saga, the Japanese writer Endo, Tarkovsky, movies and more
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ISBN:9004335536