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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Outros Autores: Duyndam, Joachim 1954- (Editor) ; Korte, Anne-Marie 1957- (Editor) ; Poorthuis, Marcel 1955- (Editor)
Tipo de documento: Recurso Electrónico Livro
Idioma:Inglês
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Publicado em: Leiden Boston Brill [2017]
Em:Ano: 2017
Coletânea / Revista:Studies in theology and religion Volume 22
(Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão:B Modernidade / Comunidade / Sacrifício (Psicologia social) / Ritual / Busca da identidade
B Modernidade / Sacrifício (Psicologia social)
Outras palavras-chave:B Coletânea de artigos
B Religião
B Civilization, Modern
B Electronic books
B Sacrifice
B Conduct of life
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Resumo: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
Descrição do item:Literaturangaben
ISBN:9004335536