Vengeance in Reverse: The Tangled Loops of Violence, Myth, and Madness Anspach Mark RoginPaperback
Vengeance in Reverse: The Tangled Loops of Violence, Myth, and Madness Anspach Mark RoginPaperback How do humans stop fighting? What does it mean to go mad? Mark R. Where do the gods of myth come…
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Vengeance in Reverse: The Tangled Loops of Violence, Myth, and Madness Anspach Mark RoginPaperback
How do humans stop fighting? What does it mean to go mad? Mark R. Where do the gods of myth come from?
Likening gift exchange to vengeance in reverse, the first part of the book outlines a fresh approach to reciprocity, while the second part traces the emergence of transcendence in collective myths and individual delusions. Anspach tackles these and other conundrums as he draws on ethnography, literature, psychotherapy, and the theory of Ren Girard to explore some of the fundamental mechanisms of human interaction. 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.