Etudes sur Avicenne / Dirigée par Jean Jolivet, Roshdi Rashed

• Record Nr.: UNIORUON00083770
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Paris, : Les Belles Lettres, 1984
• ISBN: 22-513-5532-4
• Descrizione fisica: 151 p. ; 24 cm
• Disciplina: 297.0922
• Soggetti: AVICENNA
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Francese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Sacrifice / / René Girard ; translated by Matthew Pattillo and David Dawson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910965742303321
• Autore: Girard René <1923-2015.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, c2011
• ISBN: 9781628951103; 1628951109; 9781609172053; 1609172051
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (116 p.)
• Collana: Breakthroughs in mimetic theory
• Altri autori (Persone): PattilloMatthew; DawsonDavid
• Disciplina: 203/.42
• Soggetti: Sacrifice - Hinduism - History of doctrines; Sacrifice in the Bible
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Sacrifice in the Vedic tradition -- The founding myths of Vedic sacrifice ; -- Sacrifice revealed in the Biblical and Vedic religions.
• Sommario/riassunto: In Sacrifice, René Girard interrogates the Brahmanas of Vedic India, exploring coincidences with mimetic theory that are too numerous and striking to be accidental. Even that which appears to be dissimilar fails to contradict mimetic theory, but instead corresponds to the minimum of illusion without which sacrifice becomes impossible. The Bible reveals collective violence, similar to that which generates sacrifice everywhere, but instead of making victims guilty, the Bible and the Gospels reveal the persecutors of a single victim. Instead of elaborating myths, they tell the truth absolut