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The Question of the Animal and Religion : Theoretical Stakes, Practical Implications /
Through an absorbing investigation into recent, high-profile scandals involving one of the largest kosher slaughterhouses in the world, located unexpectedly in Postville, Iowa, Aaron S. Gross makes a powerful case for elevating the category of the animal in the study of religion. Major theorists hav...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Columbia University Press,
[2014]
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| Edición: | Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Ethical Tropes in American Kosher Certification
- 2. The Event and Response
- 3. The Absent Presence Animals in the History of the Study of Religion
- 4. After the Subject Hunter-Gatherers and the Reimagination of Religion
- 5. Disavowal, War, Sacrifice Jacques Derrida and the Reimagination of Religion
- 6. Sacrificing Animals and Being a Mensch Dominion, Reverence, and the Meaning of Modern Meat
- Epilogue
- Glossary
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index