Halbertal On Sacrifice

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ISBN: 978-1-4008-4235-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 152 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Halbertal, Moshe

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

Part I Sacrificing to Offering, Rejection, and Ritual 7

Sacrifice, Exchange, and Love 22

Sacrifice and Its Substitutes 37

Part II Sacrificing for Self-Transcendence and Violence 63

War and the Sacrificial Logic 79

Sacrifice and the Political Bond 90

The State and the Sacrificial Stage 104

Conclusion 114

Notes 117

Index 133

Über Autor(innen)

Moshe Halbertal is the Gruss Professor of Law at New York University School of Law and professor of Jewish thought and philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His books include Concealment and Revelation: Esotericism in Jewish Thought and its Philosophical Implications (Princeton) and People of the Book: Canon, Meaning, and Authority.