Drawing on ethnography, literature, psychotherapy, and the theory of Ren??? Girard, Mark R. Anspach explores some of the fundamental mechanisms of human interaction in this fresh look at vengeance, gift exchange, and the emergence of transcendence. From the peacemaking rituals of prestate societies to the paradoxical structure of consciousness, Anspach takes the reader on an intellectual journey that begins with the problem of how to deceive violence and ends with the riddle of how one can deceive oneself.
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Drawing on ethnography, literature, psychotherapy, and the theory of Ren??? Girard, Mark R. Anspach explores some of the fundamental mechanisms of human interaction in this fresh look at vengeance, gift exchange, and the emergence of transcendence. From the peacemaking rituals of prestate societies to the paradoxical structure of consciousness, Anspach takes the reader on an intellectual journey that begins with the problem of how to deceive violence and ends with the riddle of how one can deceive oneself.
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