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Sacrifice in the modern world : on the particularity and generality of Nazi myth /

"This is an extremely exciting manuscript - path-breaking, bold, and comprehensive - that could be received in the intellectual world as a major theoretical statement, while also representing an insightful treatment of a specific cultural historical moment (Nazi Germany) but also key intellectu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pan, David, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Violence and culture: the sublime from Kant to Adorno
  • The politics of myth in the Nazi period: Alfred Baeumler and Carl Einstein
  • Theories of sacrifice in the modern world: Georges Bataille, Rene Girard, and Walter Burkert
  • The genealogy of Nazi morality.