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The work of appropriation, domestication, and substitution

Theories of sacrifice in the Liji

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ID20045993
AuthorsMichael Puett (corresponding author)
Year2023
Publication date2023-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueAll about the Rites (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCollège de France (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/books.cdf.12963
OpenAlexW4366697745
ISBN9782722606166
LanguageEN
References cited10

The Classical Chinese civilisation has come to be known to a significant degree in the literature of anthropology and religious studies through the practice of sacrifice, and particularly through ancestral sacrifice. Despite its prominence as a topic of discussion, however, surprisingly little work has been done in exploring the indigenous theories concerning sacrifice that have emerged in the Chinese tradition. This paper will attempt a small piece of this larger project by discussing theori

Appropriation · Archaeology · Biology · Domestication · Epistemology · Linguistics · Sacrifice · Sociology · African history and culture analysis · African Studies and Geopolitics · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Engineering · History · Philosophy · Ecology

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