An edition of Escape from Evil (1975)

Escape from evil

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An edition of Escape from Evil (1975)

Escape from evil

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An exploration of the natural history of evil.

Publish Date
Publisher
Free Press
Language
English
Pages
188

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Cover of: Escape from evil
Escape from evil
(March 1, 1985, Free Press; Reissue edition
Cover of: Escape from Evil
Escape from Evil
March 1, 1985, Free Press
Paperback in English
Cover of: Escape from Evil
Escape from Evil
March 1, 1985, Free Press
in English
Cover of: Escape from evil
Escape from evil
1975, Free Press
in English
Cover of: Escape from evil
Escape from evil
1975, Free Press
in English

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New York

Table of Contents

Introduction. The human condition: between appetite and ingenuity
The primitive world: ritual as practical technics
The primitive world: economics as expiation and power
The origin of inequality
The evolution of inequality
The new historical forms of immortality power
Money: the new universal immortality ideology
The basic dynamic of human evil
The nature of social evil
Social theory: the merger of Marx and Freud
Retrospect and conclusion: What is the heroic society?

Edition Notes

Companion vol.: The denial of death.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
128
Library of Congress
BD450 .B394

The Physical Object

Pagination
xix, 188 p. ; 21 cm. --
Number of pages
188

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL21226724M
Internet Archive
escapefromevil00beck
ISBN 10
0029023009, 0029024501
ISBN 13
9780029023006, 9780029024508
LCCN
75012059
OCLC/WorldCat
1531747, 87854475, 10204
Library Thing
129956
Goodreads
3744497

First Sentence

"reason for overlooking the momentous place that ritual has had in the life of mankind. The fact is that primitive man imagined he could transfer life from one thing to another, that he could, for example, take the spirit-power that resided in the scalp on an enemy and, by proper dancing and chanties, transfer that life from its former owner to the new one."

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