03013nam 2200673 a 450 991078849840332120230803032536.01-62895-107-91-60917-365-1(CKB)3170000000060827(EBL)1810066(SSID)ssj0000818715(PQKBManifestationID)11525960(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000818715(PQKBWorkID)10843179(PQKB)10563016(MiAaPQ)EBC3338296(OCoLC)823739094(MdBmJHUP)muse20061(MiAaPQ)EBC1810066(Au-PeEL)EBL3338296(CaPaEBR)ebr10629749(OCoLC)923249125(Au-PeEL)EBL1810066(OCoLC)859686774(EXLCZ)99317000000006082720120716d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRené Girard's mimetic theory[electronic resource] /Wolfgang Palaver ; translated by Gabriel BorrudEast Lansing Michigan State University Press20131 online resource (420 p.)Studies in Violence, Mimesis, & CultureStudies in violence, mimesis, and cultureDescription based upon print version of record.1-61186-077-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-396) and indexes.Contents; Preface; Preface to the English Edition; 1. Life and Work of René Girard; 2. Religion and Modernity; 3. Mimetic Desire; 4. The Scapegoat Mechanism as Origin of Culture; 5. Biblical Revelation and Christianity; 6. Political Implications of the Mimetic Theory; 7. Mimetic Theory and Gender; Chronology; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Terms; Index of NamesA systematic introduction into the mimetic theory of the French-American literary theorist and philosophical anthropologist René Girard, this essential text explains its three main pillars (mimetic desire, the scapegoat mechanism, and the Biblical "difference") with the help of examples from literature and philosophy. This book also offers an overview of René Girard's life and work, showing how much mimetic theory results from existential and spiritual insights into one's own mimetic entanglements. Furthermore it examines the broader implications of Girard's theories, from the mimetic aspectStudies in Violence, Mimesis, & CultureImitationMimesis in literaturePhilosophy, ModernImitation.Mimesis in literature.Philosophy, Modern.203/.4Palaver Wolfgang1958-993242Borrud Gabriel1561365MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788498403321René Girard's mimetic theory3828025UNINA