Exchange is sacrifice’s secularized form, not its offshoot

Evidence

Concerning the economy of sacrifice in Dialectic of Enlightenment, Koltan is also incorrect to say that ‘the concept of exchange is developed out of the concept of sacrifice’. On the contrary, the book treats exchange as the ‘secularization of sacrifice’, as ‘the magic schema of rational exchange’, which is to say nothing other than that it examines sacrifice in its demythologised form in order to discover traces of the formerly mythical in the currently secular: ‘Myth is already enlightenment, and enlightenment reverts to mythology’. — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 770

Categorization

• DEFINE: Sets straight the direction of the sacrifice-exchange relation in Dialectic of Enlightenment.
• XREF: connects to: Sacrifice is the magical prototype of rational exchange for mastering gods — Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment, 59; Abolition of equivalent exchange is its fulfillment, not its negation — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 1554; Sacrifice functioned as a negotiated exchange with the gods for protection — Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski, The Worm at the Core: On the Role of…, 305 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Sacrifice functioned as a negotiated exchange with the gods for protection #exemplifies (0.80) — Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski, The Worm at the Core, 305
• Sacrifice is the inner condition of value, not merely an obstacle to it #complicates (0.80) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 231
• Civilization’s history is sacrifice turned inward as renunciation #expands (0.78)
• Abolition of equivalent exchange is its fulfillment, not its negation #expands (0.75) — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 1554
• Economic value arises only through sacrifice and exchange #expands (0.75) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 245
• Two-person exchange is a subspecies of the individual’s internal sacrifice-and-gain. #qualifies (0.75) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 226
• Instrumentalizing charity alienates individuals more radically than explicit communal sacrifice does #complicates (0.75) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 413
• A viral pithy comparison framed Islam and Christianity on sacrifice #exemplifies (0.72) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 815