Evil in Modern Myth and Ritual

Richard Stivers concern is with the social construction of evil that is with how modern societies in a partly unconscious way create evil as a category of the sacred and how symbols myths and rituals of evil are related to this. He is interested moreover in how modern societies provoke individuals to commit evil actions. This fascinating and stimulating book is the first attempt to work out in detail how the concepts of the sacred symbol myth and ritual form a cultural configuration in modern technological societies and not just in traditional societies.