Blood : a critique of Christianity.

Blood, in Gil Anidjar's argument, maps the singular history of Christianity. A category for historical analysis, blood can be seen through its literal and metaphorical uses as determining, sometimes even defining, Western culture, politics, and social practices and their wide-ranging incarnatio...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Anidjar, Gil
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2014.
Series:Religion, culture, and public life.
Subjects:
Blood > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Christianity > Essence, genius, nature.
Blood > Miscellanea.
Sang > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Christianisme > Essence, esprit, nature.
Sang > Miscellanées.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Systematic.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
HISTORY / Middle East / General
Blood.
Trivia and miscellanea.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Table of Contents; Preface: Why I Am Such a Good Christian; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Red Mythology; Part One. The Vampire State; 1. Nation (Jesus' Kin); 2. State (The Vampire State); 3. Capital (Christians and Money); Part Two. Hematologies; 4. Odysseus' Blood; 5. Bleeding and Melancholia; 6. Leviathan and the Blood Pump; Conclusion: On the Christian Question (Jesus and Monotheism); Notes; Index.

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