“Sacrifice requires perfect awareness of destruction: if this clear-sighted attention is missing, there is no sacrifice. For technology it's enough to justify with claims about its practical utility.” TechnologyViolenceSacrifice Book:The Ruin of Kasch Source: The Ruin of Kasch
“We establish a connection with the unknown through the act of giving something and, paradoxically, the act of destroying something. That is what is behind sacrifice. What you offer and what you destroy, it is that surplus which is life itself.” GivingBehindsSacrificeOffersConnectionsDestroyingSurplus Author:Roberto Calasso