Radical sacrifice
Eagleton, Terry, 1943-2018
Book
The modern conception of sacrifice is at once cast as a victory of self-discipline over desire and condescended to as destructive and archaic abnegation. But even in the Old Testament, the dual natures of sacrifice, embodying both ritual slaughter and moral rectitude, were at odds. In this analysis, Terry Eagleton makes a compelling argument that the idea of sacrifice has long been misunderstood.
Main title:
Radical sacrifice / Terry Eagleton.
Author:
Eagleton, Terry, 1943-, author
Work:
Imprint:
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2018.
Collation:
224 pages
ISBN:
9780300233353 (hbk)
Dewey class:
171.8
Language:
English
BRN:
2626761