Of Killer Apes and Tender Carnivores: A Shepardian Critique of Burkert and Girard on Hunting and the Evolution of Religion
The evolutionary emergence of the human species in a predatory niche has often been seen as the root cause of all the bloodshed and aggression that besets the human condition, particularly religious violence. This is certainly the case with the thought of Walter Burkert and René Girard, both of whom...
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| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2017]
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Studies in religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 46, Issue: 4, Pages: 536-567 |
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human and animal predation
B Walter Burkert B Hunting B René Girard B Violence B Animism B Paul Shepard B Empathy B Human Evolution B Sacrifice B Sacrament |
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