02944nam 2200601 450 991046515310332120200520144314.01-60917-400-3(CKB)3710000000086851(EBL)1672322(SSID)ssj0001129556(PQKBManifestationID)11715190(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001129556(PQKBWorkID)11080755(PQKB)11576850(MiAaPQ)EBC3338347(OCoLC)874146638(MdBmJHUP)muse34658(Au-PeEL)EBL3338347(CaPaEBR)ebr10831891(OCoLC)923250538(EXLCZ)99371000000008685120140208h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWhen these things begin conversations with Michel Treguer /René Girard ; translated by Trevor Cribben MerrillEast Lansing, Michigan :Michigan State University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (153 pages)Studies in violence, mimesis, and cultureDescription based upon print version of record.1-61186-110-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. A First Overview: Here and Now; Chapter 2. Mimetic Desire: Shakespeare rather than Plato; Chapter 3. The Mimetic Crisis: Sacrificial Worlds; Chapter 4. The Bible; Chapter 5. Christ (Orders and Disorders); Chapter 6. A Return to Imitation; Chapter 7. Science; Chapter 8. The One and the Many; Chapter 9. Democracy; Chapter 10. God, Freedom; Chapter 11. Freud, and a Few Others; Chapter 12. A Method, a Life, a Man; Notes; IndexIn this lively series of conversations with writer Michel Treguer, René Girard revisits the major concepts of mimetic theory and explores science, democracy, and the nature of God and freedom. Girard affirms that "our unprecedented present is incomprehensible without Christianity." Globalization has unified the world, yet civil war and terrorism persist despite free trade and economic growth. Because of mimetic desire and the rivalry it generates, asserts Girard, "whether we're talking about marriage, friendship, professional relationships, issues with neighbors or matters of nationalStudies in Violence, Mimesis, and CultureIntellectualsFranceInterviewsFranceIntellectual life20th centuryElectronic books.Intellectuals944.084092Girard René1923-386685MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465153103321When these things begin2154348UNINA$8.3706/22/2018Hist