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A written account of worldwide human sacrifice from prehistory to today, by a distinguished scholar-comprehensive, meticulously researched, and absolutely accurate. Human sacrifice is a subject of great if sometimes gruesome fascination. To many people it conjures up visions of gory Aztec massacres, Polynesian headhunters, or African cannibals stirring up a bubbling pot of human stew. But sacrifice is part of the common heritage of mankind, present in practically all societies in every era - among higher civilizations just as much as among primitive peoples - and with surprisingly universal similarities. Ritual human sacrifice has always been carried out with noble intentions and has been based on religious ideas. The victims' deaths were the most direct means, it was believed, of achieving the desired purpose, whether this was the restoration of the cosmic order, the reunion of the gods with man, the fertility of crops, the protection of building, the honoring of the dead, or the parrying of divine displeasure, and these deaths were accompanied by elaborate rituals. In this book the author traces the course of ritual killing from prehistory right up to the present day.
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- PublisherMacmillan
- Publication date1981
- ISBN 10 0333223845
- ISBN 13 9780333223840
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages320
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Human Sacrifice; In History and Today
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Macmillan, London
(1981)
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ISBN 13: 9780333223840
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Photographic and Illustrations (illustrator). First Edition. preface by author, an acknowledgements, sources, bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with two inserts, of 12 pages each, of black-and-white photographs or black-and-white illustrations. Black coloured boards with silver coloured titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper with white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. An investigation on the subject of human sacrifice from beginning of civilisation through to the now (the book's publication). Softening of the back strip edges with rubbing of the book corners. The book panels show a little marking and the back strip titles have become a little faded. 30 light age toning of the text block edges and pages. Creasing of the top dustwrapper edge with rubbing of the other edges and panels. Sunning to the back strip and top edge of the front panel. Remnants of sticker can be seen to the front panel. This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (6), 7-320 pages, Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Human Sacrifice; Sociology & Culture. ISBN: 0333223845. ISBN/EAN: 9780333223840. Inventory No: 0289589. Seller Inventory # 0289589
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Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First British. 320 pp. Light edgewear to unclipped dustjacket. Prev. owners' inked and stamped details to ffep. Light ballpoint pen scribble to lower edge of text block. Yellowing to page edges. Internally unmarked, solidly bound. Black-and-white illustrations. "Covers a wide and brightly painted canvas, tracing the course of human sacrifice from pre-history to the present day." Octavo. Seller Inventory # 004724
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