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comparative religion
Cosmic War
Ehud Sprinzak
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Grand Children
Grand Context
Gush Emunim
Holy Men
Kiddush Hashem
Lebanese Shiite
Lebanon's Shiites
Lebanon’s Shiites
Liem Soei Liong
Mimetic Desire
mimetic theory
Musa Al Sadr
Neturei Karta
political violence studies
Pre-state Societies
Rabbi Meir Kahane
radical religious movements
religious conflict analysis
sacrificial rituals
Shiite Clerics
symbolic violence in contemporary societies
Tanjung Priok
Young Man

Product details

  • ISBN 9780367030896
  • Weight: 760g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 15 Sep 2020
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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How is symbolic violence related to the real acts of religious violence around the modern world? The authors of this book, first published in 1992, explore this question with reference to some of the most volatile religious and political conflicts of the day: Hezbollah in Lebanon, Sikhs in India, militant Jewish groups in Israel, and Muslim movements from the Middle East to Indonesia. In addition to providing valuable insights into these important incidents, the authors – social scientists and historians of comparative religion – are responding to the theoretical issues articulated by René Girard in Violence and the Sacred (1977). The present volume is the first book of essays to test Girard’s theories about the social significance of religious symbols of violence against real, rather than symbolic, acts. In some cases his theories are found to be applicable; in other cases, the authors provide alternative theories of their own. In a concluding essay, co-authored by Mark Anspach, Girard provides a response.