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The Time Has Grown Short
The protagonist of Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time observes with wonder the comings and goings of the crows that roost in the belfry of the village church in Combray, his …
Violence, the Sacred, and Things Hidden
Never before translated in English, this 1973 discussion between RenÉ Girard (1923–2015) and other prominent scholars represents one of the most significant breakthroughs in …
Anorexia and Mimetic Desire
Rene Girard shows that all desires are contagious--and the desire to be thin is no exception. In this compelling new book, Girard ties the anorexia epidemic to what he calls …
Reflection in the Waves
The incredible success of quantum theory as a mathematical model makes it especially frustrating that we cannot agree on a plausible philosophical or metaphysical description of …
Ressentiment
This book is a response to Friedrich Nietzsche’s provocative question: How much and how does ressentiment condition our daily life? During the twentieth century we witnessed …
(New) Fascism
Fascism tends to be relegated to a dark chapter of European history, but what if new forms of fascism are currently returning to the forefront of the political scene? In this book, …