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5. Sacrifice in the Vedic Religions

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Sacrifice and Modern Thought
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Professor Gavin Flood talks to Tim Howles about his chapter 'Sacrifice as Refusal'
In this interview, Professor Gavin Flood (Professor of Hindu Studies and Comparative Religion, University of Oxford) considers a number of theorists of sacrifice, including Freud, Girard and Georges Bataille, in a comparative study of the idea of 'sacrifice as refusal' in the Vedic religions.

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Series
Sacrifice and Modern Thought
People
Gavin Flood
Tim Howles
Keywords
sacrifice
theology
flood
howles
modern thought
freud
bataille
girard
christianity
vedic
india
Department: Faculty of Theology and Religion
Date Added: 27/01/2014
Duration: 00:08:49

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