{"product_id":"death-war-and-sacrifice-studies-in-ideology-practice-paperback-2","title":"Death, War, and Sacrifice: Studies in Ideology \u0026 Practice - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBruce Lincoln\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the world's leading specialists in Indo-European\u003cbr\u003e religion and society, Bruce Lincoln expresses in these essays\u003cbr\u003e his severe doubts about the existence of a much-hypothesized\u003cbr\u003e prototypical Indo-European religion. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written over fifteen years, the essays-six of them\u003cbr\u003e previously unpublished-fall into three parts. Part I deals\u003cbr\u003e with matters \"Indo-European\" in a relatively unproblematized\u003cbr\u003e way, exploring a set of haunting images that recur in\u003cbr\u003e descriptions of the Otherworld from many cultures. While\u003cbr\u003e Lincoln later rejects this methodology, these chapters remain\u003cbr\u003e the best available source of data for the topics they\u003cbr\u003e address. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In Part II, Lincoln takes the data for each essay from a\u003cbr\u003e single culture area and shifts from the topic of dying to\u003cbr\u003e that of killing. Of particular interest are the chapters\u003cbr\u003e connecting sacrifice to physiology, a master discourse of\u003cbr\u003e antiquity that brought the cosmos, the human body, and human\u003cbr\u003e society into an ideologically charged correlation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Part III presents Lincoln's most controversial case\u003cbr\u003e against a hypothetical Indo-European protoculture.\u003cbr\u003e Reconsidering the work of the prominent Indo-Europeanist\u003cbr\u003e Georges Dumézil, Lincoln argues that Dumézil's writings\u003cbr\u003e were informed and inflected by covert political concerns\u003cbr\u003e characteristic of French fascism. This collection is an\u003cbr\u003e invaluable resource for students of myth, ritual, ancient\u003cbr\u003e societies, anthropology, and the history of religions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bruce Lincoln is professor of humanities and religious\u003cbr\u003e studies at the University of Minnesota.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruce Lincoln\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of humanities and religious studies at the University of Minnesota. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 9.06 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 27, 1991\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47384727814393,"sku":"9780226482002","price":82.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ci9iWnlIbXhocEFBUm9yYXYwQVY5UT09_d57d8a07-cd03-43c5-ac21-30f9469e3784.webp?v=1770167324","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/death-war-and-sacrifice-studies-in-ideology-practice-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}