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The Sacred Monstrous
A Reflection on Violence in Human Communities
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2003
Summary
Wedding an analysis of relevant anthropological literature and philosophical theory, this important book re-positions violence—long trivialized by philosophers as an incidental or anomalous feature of humanity—as a central concern for ethical thought. Wendy Hamblet focuses on a fundamental paradox that emerges when well-meaning communities and individuals attempt to implement their ideals in our social, or socialized, world. Very often the unintended consequences of these individual or communal ideals run headlong into the brute fact of bloody human engagement. Through her investigation of violence-legitimization in myth and ancient tales, philosophical accounts (from Plato to Nietzsche), the concept of home as 'refuge,' and recent social scientific data, Hamblet takes up the charge that violence is steeped in our being—it pervades human history and is embedded in the ethos of our modern institutions—and gives us essential tools for better understanding how violence actually operates.
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Copyright year
2003
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-0615-0
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-6055-8
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
2
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Preface: apologia No access
1. Ritual and Mythical Beginnings No access Pages 1 - 6
2. Ritual In:form-ations the anthropologists' theories No access Pages 7 - 30
3. Resonances in Ritual Theory No access Pages 31 - 36
4. Mythical Traces of the Legacy of Violence under the shadow of the "fall" No access Pages 37 - 44
5. Home-Craft in the History of Philosophy"innocent egoist and alone" No access Pages 45 - 62
6. The Ambiguities of Home a phenomenology of identity-construction No access Pages 63 - 72
7. Violence as Community the suffocating embrace of the home No access Pages 73 - 84
8. Superstructures of Identity No access Pages 85 - 98
9. In the Wake of Violent Rituals No access Pages 99 - 106
