Religious and political sacrifice differ as sacrificing ‘to’ versus ‘for’

Evidence

Moishe Halbertal, in a meditation largely focused on the Hebrew Bible and contemporary just-war theory, argues for distinguishing between religious sacrifice and moral-political sacrifice. He formulates the distinction as turning on the difference between “sacrificing to” something (usually collectively) and “sacrificing for” something (usually individually). Thus, we sacrifice to the sacred, but for the nation, to the gods, but for war. — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos, 422

Categorization

• DEFINE: Provides the key analytical distinction (sacrificing to vs. for) that structures the chapter’s taxonomy of sacrifice.
• XREF: connects to: The distinction between intentional and compelled sacrifice fails for holy war — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism’s…, 733; 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; Sacred and secular terrorism differ in justification and means

Broader Connections

• Sacrifice functioned as a negotiated exchange with the gods for protection #complicates (0.80) — Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski, The Worm at the Core, 305
• Sacred and secular terrorism differ in justification and means #expands (0.75)