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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825827903321

Autore

Girard René <1923-2015, >

Titolo

Violence, the sacred, and things hidden : discussion with René Girard at Esprit (1973) / / René Girard ; translated by Andrew McKenna, with a foreword by Andreas Wilmes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing : , : Michigan State University Press, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

1-60917-681-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Breakthroughs in mimetic theory

Disciplina

201.76332

Soggetti

Mimesis in literature

Philosophy, Modern

Sacrifice

Violence - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword, Andreas Wilmes -- Translator's Introduction, Andrew J. McKenna -- Discussion with René Girard -- Appendix: Table of Passages -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"In 1973 Girard was invited by the editors of Esprit in Paris to discuss his work with several interlocutors from the fields of philosophy, psychoanalysis, literature, and theology. In this exchange Girard addresses challenges to his thinking, and is further prompted to consider the relation between his critique of primitive or archaic religion and the role of Judeo-Christianity, which Western culture has adopted as its own, and to which his book pays scant attention"--