Sacrifice: From Origins and Culture to Contemporary Life Challenges

Sacrifice: From Origins and Culture to Contemporary Life Challenges
ISBN-10
3643909179
ISBN-13
9783643909176
Series
Sacrifice
Category
Sacrifice
Pages
288
Language
English
Published
2018-05-08
Publisher
LIT Verlag Münster
Authors
Bojan Žalec, Robert Petkovsek

Description

Various fundamental and vital areas and aspects of human life are in some way crucially interwoven with the ideas, ideals, and practices of sacrifice. As an attention-grabbing example of how importantly sacrifice may influence society, let us mention (suicide) terrorist attacks that by spreading sorrow, panics, and fear have changed the face of today's world. But the importance of sacrifice reaches broader and deeper. The authors of this book show that it is connected with the origins of human culture and its transformations. This interdisciplinary book brings the results of the research in the areas of humanities and social science. Various aspects of sacrifice are considered and connected. The book is an important contribution to the formation of a culture of sacrifice and offering, appropriate for the modern world. Professor Robert Petkovsek is the Dean of the Faculty of Theology, University of Ljubljana. Research Professor Bojan Zalec is the Head of the Institute of Philosophy and Social Ethics at the Faculty of Theology, University of Ljubljana.

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