René Girard's mimetic theory [[electronic resource] /] / Wolfgang Palaver ; translated by Gabriel Borrud

• Autore: Palaver Wolfgang <1958->
• Pubblicazione: East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (420 p.)
• Disciplina: 203/.4
• Soggetto topico: Imitation; Mimesis in literature; Philosophy, Modern
• Altri autori: BorrudGabriel
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-396) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Names
• Sommario/riassunto: A 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 aspect
• Titolo autorizzato: René Girard's mimetic theory
• ISBN: 1-62895-107-9; 1-60917-365-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788498403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in Violence, Mimesis, & Culture