Man and the Sacred

ISBN-13: 9780252070341 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 192 str.

Roger Caillois; Meyer Barash

Opis

Demonstrates how humanity's ambiguous attitude toward the sacred influences behaviour and culture. Drawing on a diverse array of ethnographic contexts, including the sexual rituals of Ba-Thong of South Africa and evidence drawn from aboriginal Australian, Eskimo, the author analyzes the role of the forbidden in the social cohesion of the group.