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... basic things about man , the things that really drive him . I now see that we must make a clear distinction between man's creatureliness - his appetite— on the one hand and his ingenuity on the other . Man is an animal . The upshot of ...
... basic things about man , the things that really drive him . I now see that we must make a clear distinction between man's creatureliness - his appetite— on the one hand and his ingenuity on the other . Man is an animal . The upshot of ...
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... basic motivations even from themselves . But men also live in a dimension of carefreeness , trust , hope , and joy which gives them a buoyancy beyond that which repression alone could give . This , as we saw with Rank , is achieved by ...
... basic motivations even from themselves . But men also live in a dimension of carefreeness , trust , hope , and joy which gives them a buoyancy beyond that which repression alone could give . This , as we saw with Rank , is achieved by ...
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... basic human reflex of truth , a correct expiation of natural guilt . One basic motive of society , as Brown said , is the symbolic expiation of guilt , which we saw as a very complex phenomenon grounded in the truth of the human ...
... basic human reflex of truth , a correct expiation of natural guilt . One basic motive of society , as Brown said , is the symbolic expiation of guilt , which we saw as a very complex phenomenon grounded in the truth of the human ...
Contents
Ritual as Practical Technics | 6 |
Economics as Expiation | 26 |
The Origin of Inequality | 38 |
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