Vengeance in Reverse

The Tangled Loops of Violence, Myth, and Madness

Mark R. Anspach (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

133 Seiten

2017
Michigan State University Press (Verlag)
9781611862386 (ISBN)

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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 René 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.

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, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris.

Contents Preface Part 1. Changing Reciprocities Chapter 1. Beginning with the Return, or Vengeance in Reverse Chapter 2. Violence Deceived Chapter 3. Trying to Stop the Trojan War Part 2. Self-Transcendence Chapter 4. Return to the Beginning, or the Making of a Metagod Chapter 5. Madness in the Making Chapter 6. No Exit? Madness and the Divided Self Notes Bibliography Index

Erscheinungsdatum	24.05.2017
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Violence, Mimesis & Culture
Verlagsort	East Lansing, MI
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Latein / Altgriechisch
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-13	9781611862386 / 9781611862386
Zustand	Neuware