Description |
1 online resource (242 pages) |
Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction: Desiderium in Girard; Part I; 1 The Foundational Murder; 2 Ressentiment Redivivus; 3 Violence, Myth, and the Sacred; 4 Logos in Heraclitus and John; 5 Apocalypse; 6 Christ's Passion; Part II; 7 The Sacrificial Passion; Excursus; Conclusion; Partial Bibliography; Index |
Summary |
Desire in René Girard and Jesus presents a comprehensive analysis of René Girard's work on the origins of culture and the depths of human desire. Girard's hypothesis of mimesis discloses the lack of originality in human desire even as it offers a scientific method for handling religion after two centuries of its absence in the social science |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Girard, René, 1923-2015.
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Jesus Christ
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SUBJECT |
Girard, René, 1923-2015 fast |
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Jesus Christ fast |
Subject |
Desire -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Christianity -- Psychology
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
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Christianity -- Psychology
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Desire -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2011053459 |
ISBN |
9780739171103 |
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0739171100 |
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9780739171097 |
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0739171097 |
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9781299733152 |
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1299733158 |
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