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The Science of Sacrifice is an extremely impressive exploration in intellectual and cultural history. Susan Mizruchi works comfortably in the disciplines she excavates, and her insights are extremely illuminating and frequently brilliant. ―Orlando Patterson, Harvard University.

The Science of Sacrifice is an extremely impressive exploration in intellectual and cultural history. The Science of Sacrifice is an extremely impressive exploration in intellectual and cultural history.

In a compelling interdisciplinary investigation, Susan Mizruchi portrays an episode in American cultural history .

In a compelling interdisciplinary investigation, Susan Mizruchi portrays an episode in American cultural history when the literary movement of realism and the fledgling field of sociology both converged in the belief that sacrifice is basic to sociality. This is a book about the fascination that sacrifice held for writers-principally Herman Melville, Henry James, and . Du Bois-and also for those who articulated the main tenets of modern social theory, an inquiry that eventually spans historical events such as public lynchings and the political scapegoating of immigrants a century ago.

I have studied extensivly with Susan Mizruchi at Boston University, and found her to be an intelligent and thoughtful writer. Her other essays and writing that I've encountered are first class analysis, and I find it hard to imagine that this book is any different. Download (pdf, . 9 Mb) Donate Read. Epub FB2 mobi txt RTF.

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The Science of Sacrifice American Literature and Modern Social Theory by Susan L. Mizruchi and Publisher Princeton University Press. Save up to 80% by choosing the eTextbook option for ISBN: 9781400822478, 1400822475. The print version of this textbook is ISBN: 9780691015064, 0691015066. Note that the availability of products for purchase is based on the country of your billing address. Some items may have regional restrictions for purchase. Canadian customers may purchase from our stores in Canada or the US. Canada.

Susan L. Mizruchi is professor of English and American studies at Boston University. Her four previous books include The Science of Sacrifice: American Literature and Modern Social Theory. One fee. Stacks of books. Read whenever, wherever. Your phone is always with you, so your books are too – even when you’re offline. Bookmate – an app that makes you want to read. The Rise of Multicultural America.

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The Science of Sacrifice: American Literature and Modern Social Theory, Food for Thought Lecture Series, Marsh Chapel, Boston University (May 4, 1999). The Place of Ritual in Our Time Brandeis University (December 16, 1998); Harvard University (April 29, 1999). Getting Religion The Futures of American Studies Institute, Dartmouth University (June 25, 1998); Aesthetics and Difference Conference, University of California, Riverside (October 25, 1998); History in the Making Symposium, University of Wisconsin, Madison, (March 26, 1999). Categories: Science (general)\Scientific-popular.