{"product_id":"ultimate-sacrifice","title":"Ultimate Sacrifice","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book presents an interpretive, macro-historical, and sociological account of martyrdom. Moving away from the notion of martyrdom as an object of individual behavior and seeing it instead as a significant cultural work performed by communities in the wake of a violent death, it provides a novel interpretation of Western political and religious history. In addition to thus redressing the disproportionate attention given to the concept’s relationship to Islam, the author offers a new perspective on two defining historical processes: secularization and the rise of modern sovereignty in the form of the nation-state. An innovative analysis of the role of sacrifice in contemporary culture, which constitutes a timely critique of long-dominant theories of disenchantment and the privatization of religion, \u003ci\u003eThe Ultimate Sacrifice \u003c\/i\u003ewill appeal to sociologists and social theorists with interests in religion, politics, and the connection between the two.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45541832392942,"sku":"9781032173436","price":67.19,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/ultimate-sacrifice","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}