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Record Nr.

UNINA9910965823003321

Autore

Bubbio Paolo Diego <1974->

Titolo

Intellectual Sacrifice and Other Mimetic Paradoxes / / Paolo Diego Bubbio

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, 2018

ISBN

1-62895-322-5

1-60917-555-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture

Disciplina

201/.61

Soggetti

Sacrifice

Mimesis

Philosophy and religion

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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



enriched by the resources of the other. The volume features a previously unpublished letter by Ren Girard on the relationship between philosophy and religion.