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Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World
Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World presents a highly original global theory of culture. Here, in his greatest work, René Girard explores the function of violence, …
Violence and the Sacred
Violence and the Sacred is René Girard's landmark study of human evil. Here Girard explores violence as it is represented and occurs throughout history, literature and myth. …
Kellariloukon psykologia
Rene Girard lukee Dostojevskia ja löytää modernin ihmisen kuvaajan, jonka ydinoivallukset ovat enemmän kuin ajankohtaisia. Me luemme yhä Dostojevskia, koska Dostojevski lukee yhä …
I See Satan Fall Like Lightning
Violence, the Sacred, and Things Hidden
Never before translated in English, this 1973 discussion between Rene Girard (1923-2015) and other prominent scholars represents one of the most significant breakthroughs in …
Theater of Envy: William Shakespeare
The One by Whom Scandal Comes
"Why is there so much violence in our midst?" Rene Girard asks. "No question is more debated today. And none produces more disappointing answers." In Girard's mimetic theory it is …
Battling to the End
In this title, Rene Girard shows us a Clausewitz who is a fascinated witness of history's acceleration. In "Battling to the End", Rene Girard engages Carl von Clausewitz …
To Double Business Bound
An individual desires an object, not for itself, but because another individual also desires it. This mimetic desire, Rene Girard contends, lies at the source of all human disorder …
A Theatre of Envy
Violence and the Sacred
"His fascinating and ambitious book provides a fully developed theory of violence as the `heart and secret soul' of the sacred. Girard's fertile, combative mind links myth to …
Violent Origins
Burkert, Girard, and Smith hold important and contradictory theories about the nature and origin of ritual sacrifice, and the role violence plays in religion and culture. These …