My Take On “David Mamet: Israel, Isaac and the Return of Human Sacrifice”
Bravo, Mamet. Impressive.
To tack on a less important but parallel observation, global warming in a like vein seems to be taking humanity back to hunkering down in caves, looking at signs in the sky with fear. The shaman is purposely (as attested by the leaked emails from the IPC) co-opting the West’s reason as a powerful talisman to manipulate the tribe.
But you miss one key element. It is not just a burden of conscience that formed the West. It is a relationship advice for men with the real God that gave us confidence to turn away from human sacrifice, to stop fearing signs in the heavens, to stand upright and go about making our lives better. Breaking off that relationship was supposed to free us from our chains… it has perversely put us in the shackles of the Shaman once again.