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Man and the Sacred
Man and the Sacred, Throughout the world, people believe that much of what they do is accidental, ordinary, and inconsequential, while other acts can bring on divine retribution or earn eternal grace. In Man and the Sacred, Caillois demonstrates how humanity's ambiguous atti, Man and the Sacred has a rating of 4 stars
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  • Man and the Sacred
  • Written by author Roger Caillois
  • Published by University of Illinois Press, August 2001
  • Throughout the world, people believe that much of what they do is accidental, ordinary, and inconsequential, while other acts can bring on divine retribution or earn eternal grace. In Man and the Sacred, Caillois demonstrates how humanity's ambiguous atti
  • Throughout the world, people believe that much of what they do is accidental, ordinary, and inconsequential, while other acts can bring on divine retribution or earn eternal grace. In Man and the Sacred, Caillois demonstrates how humanity's ambiguous atti
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Translator's Introduction7
Preface to the Second Edition11
Introduction13
Ch. IGeneral Interrelationships of the Sacred and the Profane19
Ch. IIThe Ambiguity of the Sacred33
Ch. IIIThe Sacred as Respect: Theory of Taboo60
Ch. IVThe Sacred as Transgression: Theory of the Festival97
Ch. VThe Sacred: Condition of Life and Gateway to Death128
App. ISex and the Sacred: Sexual Purification Rites Among the Thonga139
App. IIPlay and the Sacred152
App. IIIWar and the Sacred163
Bibliography181
Index189


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