When these things begin : conversations with Michel Treguer / / René Girard ; translated by Trevor Cribben Merrill

• Autore: Girard René <1923->
• Pubblicazione: East Lansing, Michigan : , : Michigan State University Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (153 pages)
• Disciplina: 944.084092
• Soggetto topico: Intellectuals - France
• Soggetto geografico: France Intellectual life 20th century
• Altri autori: TreguerMichel
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In 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 national
• Titolo autorizzato: When these things begin
• ISBN: 1-60917-400-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789036503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in Violence, Mimesis, and Culture