LEADER 03047nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910463598703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-62895-107-9 010 $a1-60917-365-1 035 $a(CKB)3170000000060827 035 $a(EBL)1810066 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000818715 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11525960 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000818715 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10843179 035 $a(PQKB)10563016 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3338296 035 $a(OCoLC)823739094 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse20061 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1810066 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3338296 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10629749 035 $a(OCoLC)923249125 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1810066 035 $a(OCoLC)859686774 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000060827 100 $a20120716d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRene? Girard's mimetic theory$b[electronic resource] /$fWolfgang Palaver ; translated by Gabriel Borrud 210 $aEast Lansing $cMichigan State University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (420 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in Violence, Mimesis, & Culture 225 0$aStudies in violence, mimesis, and culture 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-61186-077-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 367-396) and indexes. 327 $aContents; Preface; Preface to the English Edition; 1. Life and Work of Rene? 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 Names 330 $aA systematic introduction into the mimetic theory of the French-American literary theorist and philosophical anthropologist Rene? Girard, this essential text explains its three main pillars (mimetic desire, the scapegoat mechanism, and the Biblical "difference") with the help of examples from literature and philosophy. This book also offers an overview of Rene? Girard's life and work, showing how much mimetic theory results from existential and spiritual insights into one's own mimetic entanglements. Furthermore it examines the broader implications of Girard's theories, from the mimetic aspect 410 0$aStudies in Violence, Mimesis, & Culture 606 $aImitation 606 $aMimesis in literature 606 $aPhilosophy, Modern 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aImitation. 615 0$aMimesis in literature. 615 0$aPhilosophy, Modern. 676 $a203/.4 700 $aPalaver$b Wolfgang$f1958-$0993242 701 $aBorrud$b Gabriel$01032297 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463598703321 996 $aRene? Girard's mimetic theory$92450079 997 $aUNINA