Resurrection from the underground [[electronic resource] ] : Feodor Dostoevsky / / René Girard ; edited and translated by James G. Williams

• Autore: Girard René <1923->
• Pubblicazione: East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (122 p.)
• Disciplina: 891.73/3
• Altri autori: WilliamsJames G. <1936->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Rene Girard since 1996 / by James G. Williams -- Rene Girard / by James G. Williams -- A biographical prologue -- Chronology of Feodor Dostoevsky -- Resurrection from the underground: Feodor Dostoevsky -- Descent into the inferno -- Underground psychology -- Underground metaphysics -- Resurrection -- Mimetic desire in the underground.
• Sommario/riassunto: In a fascinating analysis of critical themes in Feodor Dostoevsky's work, René Girard explores the implications of the Russian author's "underground," a site of isolation, alienation, and resentment. Brilliantly translated, this book is a testament to Girard's remarkable engagement with Dostoevsky's work, through which he discusses numerous aspects of the human condition, including desire, which Girard argues is "triangular" or "mimetic"-copied from models or mediators whose objects of desire become our own. Girard's interdisciplinary approach allows him to shed new light on religion, spirit
• Titolo autorizzato: Resurrection from the underground
• ISBN: 1-62895-108-7; 1-60917-320-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788383203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture.