Ecce Humanitas Beholding the Pain of Humanity |
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| Author:
| Evans, Brad |
| Foreword by:
| Chapman, Jake |
| Series title: | Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-18462-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2021 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $120.00 |
Book Description:
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Through a critical exploration of violence and the sacred, Ecce Humanitas recasts the fall of liberal humanism. Brad Evans offers a rich analysis of the changing nature of sacrificial violence, from its theological origins to the exhaustion of the victim in the contemporary world.
Through a critical exploration of violence and the sacred, Ecce Humanitas recasts the fall of liberal humanism. Brad Evans offers a rich analysis of the changing nature of sacrificial violence, from its theological origins to the exhaustion of the victim in the contemporary world.