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1 online resource |
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Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture series |
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Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture.
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| Contents |
Part 1. Against relativism; Ch. 1. Violence and reciprocity -- Ch. 2. Noble savages and others -- Ch. 3. Mimetic theory and theology -- Part 2. The other side of myth; Ch. 4. I see satan fall like lightning -- Ch. 5. Scandal and conversion -- Ch. 6. I do not pray for the world -- Ch. 7. The catholic church and the modern world -- Ch. 8. Hominization and natural selection -- Ch. 9. A stumbling block to jews, foolishness to gentiles -- Ch. 10. Lévi-Strauss on collective murder -- Ch. 11. Positivists and deconstructionists -- Ch. 12. How should mimetic theory be applied? |
| Summary |
"Why is there so much violence in our midst?" Ren ̌Girard asks. "No question is more debated today. And none produces more disappointing answers." In Girard's mimetic theory it is the imitation of someone else's desire that gives rise to conflict whenever the desired object cannot be shared. This mimetic rivalry, Girard argues, is responsible for the frequency and escalating intensity of human conflict. For Girard, human conflict comes not from the loss of reciprocity between humans but from the transition, imperceptible at first but then ever more rapid, from good to bad reciprocity. In this landmark text, Girard continues his study of violence in light of geopolitical competition, focusing on the roots and outcomes of violence across societies latent in the process of globalization. The volume concludes in a wide-ranging interview with the Sicilian cultural theorist Maria Stella Barberi, where Girard's twenty-first century emphases on the continuity of all religions, global conflict, and the necessity of apocalyptic thinking emerge |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Violence -- Religious aspects.
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PHILOSOPHY -- General.
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RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
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Violence -- Religious aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1609173996 |
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9781609173999 |
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9781628950168 |
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1628950161 |
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