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Throughout The World, People Believe That Much Of What They Do Is Accidental, Ordinary, And Inconsequential, While Other Acts Can Bring On Divine Retribution Or Earn Eternal Grace. In Man And The Sacred, Caillois Demonstrates How Humanity'S Ambiguous Attitude Toward The Sacred Influences Behavior And Culture.Drawing On A Diverse Array Of Ethnographic Contexts, Including The Sexual Rituals Of The Bathong Of South Africa And Evidence Drawn From Aboriginal Australian, Eskimo, And Traditional Chinese Social Systems, Caillois Analyzes The Role Of The Forbidden In The Social Cohesion Of The Group. He Examines The Character Of The Sacred In The Light Of Specific Instances Of Taboos And Transgressions, Exploring Wide Differences In Attitudes Toward Diet And Sex And Extreme Behaviors Associated With The Sacred, Such As Rapture And Paroxysm. He Also Discusses The Festivalan Exuberant Explosion Following A Period Of Strict Repressionand Compares Its Functions With Those Of Modern War.A Classic Study Of One Of The Most Fundamental Aspects Of Human Social And Spiritual Life, Man And The Sacredpresented Here In Meyer Barash'S Superb English Translationis A Companion Volume To Caillois'S Man, Play And Games.
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