Holy terror /
Eagleton, Terry, 1943-
Holy terror / Terry Eagleton. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005. - 1 online resource (vii, 148 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-144) and index.
Invitation to an orgy -- States of sublimity -- Fear and freedom -- Saints and suicides -- The living dead -- Scapegoats.
This short but profound study sets the idea and ideology of 'terror' in a richly historical, metaphysical, theological, and literary context. Terry Eagleton traces a genealogy from ancient rites and rituals, as notably articulated in classical drama, through medieval theology and the eighteenth-century sublime, to the Freudian unconscious. - ;Holy Terror is a profound and timely investigation of the idea of terror, drawing upon political, philosophical, literary, and theological sources to trace a genealogy from the ancient world to the modern day. Rather than add to the mounting pile of polit.
1429421924 (electronic bk.) 9781429421928 (electronic bk.) 9780199287178 (Cloth) 0199287171 (Cloth) 9780191516023 (electronic bk.) 0191516023 (electronic bk.)
Terrorism--Religious aspects.
Violence--Religious aspects.
Terror.
Terrorisme--Aspect religieux.
Violence--Aspect religieux.
Terreur.
RELIGION--Sexuality & Gender Studies.
Terror.
Terrorism--Religious aspects.
Violence--Religious aspects.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
BL65.T47 / E24 2005eb
201/.7
Holy terror / Terry Eagleton. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005. - 1 online resource (vii, 148 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-144) and index.
Invitation to an orgy -- States of sublimity -- Fear and freedom -- Saints and suicides -- The living dead -- Scapegoats.
This short but profound study sets the idea and ideology of 'terror' in a richly historical, metaphysical, theological, and literary context. Terry Eagleton traces a genealogy from ancient rites and rituals, as notably articulated in classical drama, through medieval theology and the eighteenth-century sublime, to the Freudian unconscious. - ;Holy Terror is a profound and timely investigation of the idea of terror, drawing upon political, philosophical, literary, and theological sources to trace a genealogy from the ancient world to the modern day. Rather than add to the mounting pile of polit.
1429421924 (electronic bk.) 9781429421928 (electronic bk.) 9780199287178 (Cloth) 0199287171 (Cloth) 9780191516023 (electronic bk.) 0191516023 (electronic bk.)
Terrorism--Religious aspects.
Violence--Religious aspects.
Terror.
Terrorisme--Aspect religieux.
Violence--Aspect religieux.
Terreur.
RELIGION--Sexuality & Gender Studies.
Terror.
Terrorism--Religious aspects.
Violence--Religious aspects.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
BL65.T47 / E24 2005eb
201/.7