Vengeance in Reverse: The Tangled Loops of Violence, Myth, and Madness by Anspach, Mark R.

Vengeance in Reverse: The Tangled Loops of Violence, Myth, and Madness (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781611862386)

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Vengeance in Reverse: The Tangled Loops of Violence, Myth, and Madness by Anspach, Mark R.

Vengeance in Reverse: The Tangled Loops of Violence, Myth, and Madness

$24.95
Vengeance in Reverse: The Tangled Loops of Violence, Myth, and Madness by Anspach, Mark R.

Vengeance in Reverse: The Tangled Loops of Violence, Myth, and Madness

$24.95
Format: Paperback
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How do humans stop fighting? Where do the gods of myth come from? What does it mean to go mad? Mark R. Anspach tackles these and other conundrums as he draws on ethnography, literature, psychotherapy, and the theory of Ren Girard to explore some of the fundamental mechanisms of human interaction. Likening gift exchange to vengeance in reverse, the first part of the book outlines a fresh approach to reciprocity, while the second part traces the emergence of transcendence in collective myths and individual delusions. From the peacemaking rituals of prestate societies to the paradoxical structure of consciousness, Anspach takes the reader on an intellectual journey that begins with the problem of how to deceive violence and ends with the riddle of how one can deceive oneself.



Author: Mark R. Anspach
ISBN-10: 1611862388
ISBN-13: 9781611862386
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2017
Pages: 136
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.30d

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By Mark R. Anspach
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Mark R. Anspach is an American anthropologist and social theorist whose writings have appeared in nine languages. He is affiliated with the LIAS research team at the Institut Marcel Mauss, ﾉcole des Hautes ﾉtudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris.

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