ISBN:
9781003242475
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 395 Seiten)
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Series Statement:
Studies in death, materiality and the origin of time
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Human sacrifice and value
DDC:
203/.42
Keywords:
Human sacrifice
;
Social values
Abstract:
"This volume explores concepts of human sacrifice, focusing on its value - or multiplicity of values - in relative cultural and temporal terms, whether sacrifice is expressed in actual killings, in ideas revolving around ritualized, sanctioned, or sanctified violence or loss, or in transformed and (often sublimated) undertakings"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction : introducing sacrificial values / Sean O'Neill, Matthew J. Walsh and Marianne Moen -- Some human sacrifices in Mongolia and their rationales / Caroline Humphrey -- CEO dismissal as an act of human sacrifice : metaphor or reality? / Jan Ketil Arnulf, Janicke Rasmussen, Sandra Hjersing and Thea Berner -- The economy of sacrifice : Christ, coins and the Eucharist in the Middle Ages / Svein H. Gullbekk and Martin Wansgaard Jurgensen -- Competitive violence and ruling elites in early dynastic Mesopotamia / Aubrey Baadsgaard -- Human sacrifice in ancient Near Eastern societies / Stephen Lumsden and David Usieto Cabrera -- The social context of human sacrifice in ancient Egypt / Rose Campbell -- Funerary dramas and ritual killing in the Slavic world : written sources and archaeological realities / Leszek Gardeła -- From brave warriors to innocent children : understanding the foundations of ritual violence in the Moche Valley, North Coast of Peru, 200-1450 A.D. / Gabriel Prieto and John Verano -- Human sacrifices at Huaca Pucllana in Lima, Peru / Andreas v. Wadskjær, Jens H. Nederby and Luise Ørsted Brandt -- Making an impact : ritual public goods and the emergence of retainer sacrifice in an early state of Korea / Matthew Conte and Jangsuk Kim -- Ritual killings as resource complex in the Viking Age funeral ceremony / Matthias S. Toplak -- Sacrifice in contemporary vernacular and ancient ritual texts / Margo Kitts -- Aztec sacrificial celebrations as entertainment? The physiological and social psychological rewards attending Aztec human sacrifice / Linda Hansen -- Human sacrifice as social control through terror / Michael James Winkelman -- From sacrificed humans to self-sacrificing humans : a longue-durée bio-cultural evolutionary perspective on human sacrifice / Anders Klostergaard Petersen.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.4324/9781003242475
