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Ernest Becker. a visible god , by definition you already have divine kingship — the great emergent tyranny of the ancient world . And we can see in one swoop why ancient man so willingly embraced his new alienated status under divine ...
Ernest Becker. a visible god , by definition you already have divine kingship — the great emergent tyranny of the ancient world . And we can see in one swoop why ancient man so willingly embraced his new alienated status under divine ...
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... divine house- hold . " All this took place in the divine cities , which themselves were eternal , connected to heaven ( Babylon equals Gate of the Gods ) , and protected and regenerated by the priestly rituals . Each city with its ...
... divine house- hold . " All this took place in the divine cities , which themselves were eternal , connected to heaven ( Babylon equals Gate of the Gods ) , and protected and regenerated by the priestly rituals . Each city with its ...
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... divine kings and the military , who were charged with the renewal of nature and the protection of the group by means of their own special powers . And so the situation developed where men could be heroic only by following orders . Men ...
... divine kings and the military , who were charged with the renewal of nature and the protection of the group by means of their own special powers . And so the situation developed where men could be heroic only by following orders . Men ...
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Ritual as Practical Technics | 6 |
Economics as Expiation | 26 |
The Origin of Inequality | 38 |
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