The Curse of Cain : the violent legacy of monotheism
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.
XV, 211 p. ; 23 cm
9780226741994, 0226741990
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