Evil in Modern Myth and Ritual by Stivers, Richard

Evil in Modern Myth and Ritual (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781532686245)

Vendor: Richard Stivers
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Format: Hardcover
$46.00
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Evil in Modern Myth and Ritual by Stivers, Richard

Evil in Modern Myth and Ritual

$46.00
Evil in Modern Myth and Ritual by Stivers, Richard

Evil in Modern Myth and Ritual

$46.00
Format: Hardcover
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Richard Stivers' concern is with the social construction of evil, that is, with how modern societies, in a partly unconscious way, create evil as a category of the sacred and how symbols, myths, and rituals of evil are related to this. He is interested, moreover, in how modern societies provoke individuals to commit evil actions. This fascinating and stimulating book is the first attempt to work out in detail how the concepts of the sacred, symbol, myth, and ritual form a cultural configuration in modern technological societies, and not just in traditional societies.

Author: Richard Stivers
ISBN-10: 1532686242
ISBN-13: 9781532686245
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Language: English
Published: 04/28/2020
Pages: 204
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d
By Richard Stivers
By Richard Stivers
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Richard Stivers is the author of Hair of the Dog: Irish Drinking and Its American Stereotype; The Culture of Cynicism: American Morality in Decline; Technology as Magic; Shades of Loneliness; and The Illusion of Freedom and Equality. He is an emeritus distinguished professor of sociology at Illinois State University.

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