Chapter I: Part VI: The Scapegoat

New York and London

MacMillan and Co.

1913

CONTENTS

Preface.
Chapter I. The Transference of Evil.
§ 1. The Transference to Inanimate Objects.
§ 2. The Transference to Stones and Sticks.
§ 3. The Transference to Animals.
§ 4. The Transference to Men.
§ 5. The Transference of Evil in Europe.
§ 6. The Nailing of Evils.
Chapter II. The Omnipresence of Demons.
Chapter III. The Public Expulsion of Evils.
§ 1. The Occasional Expulsion of Evils.
§ 2. The Periodic Expulsion of Evils.
Chapter IV. Public Scapegoats.
§ 1. The Expulsion of Embodied Evils.
§ 2. The Occasional Expulsion of Evils in a Material Vehicle.
§ 3. The Periodic Expulsion of Evils in a Material Vehicle.
Chapter V. On Scapegoats in General.
Chapter VI. Human Scapegoats in Classical Antiquity.
§ 1. The Human Scapegoat in Ancient Rome.
§ 2. The Human Scapegoat in Ancient Greece.
Chapter VII. Killing the God in Mexico.
Chapter VIII. The Saturnalia and Kindred Festivals.
§ 1. The Roman Saturnalia.
§ 2. The King of the Bean and the Festival of Fools.
§ 3. The Saturnalia and Lent.
§ 4. Saturnalia in Ancient Greece.
§ 5. Saturnalia in Western Asia.
§ 6. Conclusion.
Note. The Crucifixion Of Christ.
Index.
Footnotes

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