The Curse of Cain: Violent Legacy of Monotheism

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1998
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Regina Schwartz examines the story of Cain and Abel, as she sees it; that is, emblematic of a tragic biblical influence over Western secular notions of identity - notions often violently exclusionary, negatively defining us against them in ethnic, religious, racial, nationalistic terms.

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Regina Schwartz examines the story of Cain and Abel, as she sees it; that is, emblematic of a tragic biblical influence over Western secular notions of identity - notions often violently exclusionary, negatively defining "us" against "them" in ethnic, religious, racial, nationalistic terms.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 228
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Chicago University Press
Published: 29 Oct 1998
ISBN 10: 0226742008
ISBN 13: 9780226742007