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UNINA9910965823003321 |
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Autore |
Bubbio Paolo Diego <1974-> |
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Titolo |
Intellectual Sacrifice and Other Mimetic Paradoxes / / Paolo Diego Bubbio |
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East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, 2018 |
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1-62895-322-5 |
1-60917-555-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sacrifice |
Mimesis |
Philosophy and religion |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intellectual sacrifice -- Intellectual expulsion -- Historical forms of mystification -- The path of demystification -- Conclusion -- A brief letter from Rene Girard -- Other mimetic paradoxes -- Interlude: corrections and paradoxes -- Girard's ontological argument for the existence of God -- Mimetic theory's post-Kantian legacy -- Mimetic theory and hermeneutic Communism -- The self in crisis -- Hermeneutic mimetic theory. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Intellectual Sacrifice and Other Mimetic Paradoxes is an account of Paolo Diego Bubbio's twenty-year intellectual journey through the twists and turns of Girard's mimetic theory. The author analyzes philosophy and religion as "enemy sisters" engaged in an endless competitive struggle and identifies the intellectual space where this rivalry can either be perpetuated or come to a paradoxical resolution. He goes on to explore topics ranging from arguments for the existence of God to mimetic theory's post-Kantian legacy, political implications, and capacity for identifying epochal phenomena, such as the crisis of the self, in popular culture. Bubbio concludes by advocating for an encounter between mimetic theory and contemporary philosophical hermeneutics--an encounter in which each approach benefits and is |
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