Violence and the sacred in the Ancient Near East: Girardian conversations at Çatalhöyük
This volume brings together two groups engaged with understanding the relationships between religion and violence.
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| Language: | English |
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New York
Cambridge University Press
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Violence and the sacred in the Ancient Near East : Girardian conversations at Çatalhöyük] (2019) (McKenna, Andrew J.)
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| Summary: | This volume brings together two groups engaged with understanding the relationships between religion and violence. Cover -- Half-title -- Frontispiece -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Part I Introduction -- 1 Setting the Archaeological Scene -- Introduction -- Çatalhöyük -- A Productive New Perspective -- An Alternative View of Cultural Transmission -- An Alternative to Cognitive and Evolutionary Psychology Approaches -- A Generative Mechanism -- Some Problems -- Girard and Christianity -- Do Hunters Sacrifice Animals? -- Conclusions -- References -- 2 Introduction to the Thought of René Girard -- Following Girard's Approach to a Theory of Religion -- How Does Girard Define Religion? -- What, More Precisely, Is that Founding Event? -- Cultural Processes and Rites -- References -- Part II Violence and the Sacred -- 3 Death in Çatalhöyük -- Death as Ultimate Violence -- The Tomb as the Cornerstone of Culture -- Building Sacrifice -- Terror Management in Çatalhöyük -- References -- 4 A Girardian Framework for Violent Injuries at Neolithic Çatalhöyük in Their Western Asian Context -- History is Militarized and Politicized, while Prehistory is Ritualized -- Violent Injuries Found in Western Asia: Earliest Evidence -- Shanidar 3, Iraq -- Qafzeh 11, Israel -- Wadi Mataha, Jordan -- Jebel Sahaba, Sudan -- Jerf el Ahmar, Syria -- 'Ain Ghazal (Jordan) and Mount Carmel (Israel) -- The Deep Prehistory of Violence -- Violence in Neolithic Western Asia -- Evidence for Interpersonal Violence at Çatalhöyük -- A Girardian Perspective on Violence at Neolithic Çatalhöyük -- Irregular Burials: The Palaeolithic Evidence -- A Potential Scapegoat at Çatalhöyük -- Throwing Stones, Sling stones, and Clay Balls -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 5 Ritual Practices and Conflict Mitigation at Early Neolithic Körtik Tepe and Göbekli Tepe, Upper Mesopotamia. |
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| ISBN: | 1108591825 |