Sacred Imagery and the Sacralisation of Violence in the Martial Arts
Engaging in martial combat, whether for military, self-defence or cultivation purposes, is taken to sensitise practitioners towards existential issues which in turn enliven potential religio-spiritual experiences and awakenings. In this paper, we draw on Girard’s (1977) Violence and the Sacred, a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Mimesis Edizioni, Milano
2022-10-01
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| Series: | Im@go. A Journal of the Social Imaginary |
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| Online Access: | https://cab.unime.it/journals/index.php/IMAGO/article/view/3576 |