{"product_id":"death-war-and-sacrifice-studies-in-ideology-practice","title":"Death, War, and Sacrifice: Studies in Ideology \u0026 Practice","description":"One of the world's leading specialists in Indo-European\nreligion and society, Bruce Lincoln expresses in these essays\nhis severe doubts about the existence of a much-hypothesized\nprototypical Indo-European religion.\n\nWritten over fifteen years, the essays—six of them\npreviously unpublished—fall into three parts. Part I deals\nwith matters \"Indo-European\" in a relatively unproblematized\nway, exploring a set of haunting images that recur in\ndescriptions of the Otherworld from many cultures. While\nLincoln later rejects this methodology, these chapters remain\nthe best available source of data for the topics they\naddress.\n\nIn Part II, Lincoln takes the data for each essay from a\nsingle culture area and shifts from the topic of dying to\nthat of killing. Of particular interest are the chapters\nconnecting sacrifice to physiology, a master discourse of\nantiquity that brought the cosmos, the human body, and human\nsociety into an ideologically charged correlation.\n\nPart III presents Lincoln's most controversial case\nagainst a hypothetical Indo-European protoculture.\nReconsidering the work of the prominent Indo-Europeanist\nGeorges Dumézil, Lincoln argues that Dumézil's writings\nwere informed and inflected by covert political concerns\ncharacteristic of French fascism. This collection is an\ninvaluable resource for students of myth, ritual, ancient\nsocieties, anthropology, and the history of religions.\n\nBruce Lincoln is professor of humanities and religious\nstudies at the University of Minnesota.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0226482006\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0226482006.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Lincoln, Bruce\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41458424578106,"sku":"DBV.0226482006.G","price":24.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0226482006-0.jpg?v=1781136229","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/death-war-and-sacrifice-studies-in-ideology-practice","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}