A Maximal Understanding of Sacrifice: Bataille, Richard Wagner, Pilgrimage and the Bayreuth Festival

This paper calls for a broad conception of sacrifice to be developed as a resource for cultural sociology. It argues the term was framed too narrowly in the classical work of Hubert and Mauss. The later approach of Bataille permits a maximal understanding of sacrifice as non-utilitarian expenditures...

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Main Authors: Philip Smith, Florian Stoll
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-01-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/1/48