| Dionysus, Christ, and the Death of God, Volume 1: The Great Mediations of the Classical World Volume 1 Contributor(s): Fornari, Giuseppe (Author) |
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ISBN: 1611863562 ISBN-13: 9781611863567 Publisher: Michigan State University Press OUR PRICE: $35.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Greece - Religion | Biblical Studies - Exegesis & Hermeneutics - Philosophy | Religious |
| Dewey: 200.94 |
| LCCN: 2019030311 |
| Physical Information: 1.7" H x 6" W x 9" (1.80 lbs) 642 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This magisterial reflection on the history and destiny of the West compares Greco-Roman civilization and the Judeo-Christian tradition in order to understand what both unites and divides them. Mediation, understood as a collective, symbolic experience, gives society unity and meaning, putting human beings in contact with a universal object known as the world or reality. But unity has a price: the very force that enables peaceful coexistence also makes us prone to conflict. As a result, in order to find a common point of convergence--of at-one-ment--someone must be sacrificed. Sacrifice, then, is the historical pillar of mediation. It was endorsed in a cosmic-religious sense in antiquity and rejected for ethical reasons in modernity, where the Judeo-Christian tradition plays an intermediate role in condemning sacrificial violence as such, while accepting sacrifice as a voluntary act offered to save other human beings. Today, as we face the collapse of all shared mediations, this intermediating solution offers a way out of our moral and cultural plight. |