Holy terror
Invitation to an orgy -- States of sublimity -- Fear and freedom -- Saints and suicides -- The living dead -- Scapegoats.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Oxford New York
Oxford University Press
2005
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| In: | Year: 2005 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religion
/ Terrorism
/ Culture
B Violence / Terrorism / Political persecution / Religion / History B Girard, René 1923-2015 |
| Further subjects: | B
Terrorism
B Violence Religious aspects B Religion B Electronic books B Terrorism Religious aspects B RELIGION ; Sexuality & Gender Studies B Terrorism ; Religious aspects B Violence ; Religious aspects B Terror |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Invitation to an orgy -- States of sublimity -- Fear and freedom -- Saints and suicides -- The living dead -- Scapegoats. This short but profound study sets the idea and ideology of 'terror' in a richly historical, metaphysical, theological, and literary context. Terry Eagleton traces a genealogy from ancient rites and rituals, as notably articulated in classical drama, through medieval theology and the eighteenth-century sublime, to the Freudian unconscious. - ;Holy Terror is a profound and timely investigation of the idea of terror, drawing upon political, philosophical, literary, and theological sources to trace a genealogy from the ancient world to the modern day. Rather than add to the mounting pile of polit |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-144) and index. - Description based on print version record |
| Physical Description: | Online Ressource (vii, 148 p.) |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-928717-8 0-19-928717-1 1-4294-2192-4 978-1-4294-2192-8 |
