Evolution and conversion : dialogues on the origins of culture / / Rene Girard ; with Pierpaolo Antonello and João Cezar de Castro Rocha

• Autore: Girard René <1923-2015, >
• Pubblicazione: London, [England] ; ; New Yor, New York : , : T & T Clark, , 2007; ©2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Disciplina: 194
• Soggetto topico: Religion and culture; Violence - Religious aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): RochaJoão Cezar de Castro; AntonelloPierpaolo
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction: 'One long argument from the beginning to the end' PlERPAOLO ANTONELLO AND JOÃO CEZAR DE CASTRO ROCHA; 1 The Life of the Mind; 2 'A Theory by Which to Work': The Mimetic Mechanism; 3 The Symbolic Species; 4 Dialogues and Criticism: From Frazer to Lévi-Strauss; 5 Method, Evidence and Truth; 6 The Scandal of Christianity; 7 Modernity, Postmodernity and Beyond; Chronology of Girard's Life; List of Girard's Publications; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Presented as a series of conversations, Evolution and Conversion is a thorough discussion of the major tenets of Girard's thought. . René Girard is one of the most brilliant and striking intellectuals of the 20th century. His theory on the imitative nature of desire and on the violent origin of culture has been at the centre of the philosophical and theoretical debate since the publication in 1971 of his seminal book: Violence and the Sacred . His reflection on the relationship between violence and religion is one of the most original and persuasive and, given the urgency of this issue in our
• Titolo autorizzato: Evolution and conversion
• ISBN: 1-283-12275-8; 9786613122759; 1-4411-4887-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461394103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II