French theorist René Girard was one of the major thinkers of the twentieth century. Read by international leaders, quoted by the French media, Girard influenced such writers as J.M. Coetzee and Milan Kundera. Dubbed "the new Darwin of the human sciences" and one of the most compelling thinkers of the age, Girard spent nearly four decades at Stanford exploring what it means to be human and making major contributions to philosophy, literary criticism, psychology and theology with his mimetic theory. This is the first collection of interviews with Girard, one that brings together discussions on…mehr
French theorist René Girard was one of the major thinkers of the twentieth century. Read by international leaders, quoted by the French media, Girard influenced such writers as J.M. Coetzee and Milan Kundera. Dubbed "the new Darwin of the human sciences" and one of the most compelling thinkers of the age, Girard spent nearly four decades at Stanford exploring what it means to be human and making major contributions to philosophy, literary criticism, psychology and theology with his mimetic theory. This is the first collection of interviews with Girard, one that brings together discussions on Cervantes, Dostoevsky, and Proust alongside the causes of conflict and violence and the role of imitation in human behavior. Granting important insights into Girard's life and thought, these provocative and lively conversations underline Girard's place as leading public intellectual and profound theorist.
Cynthia L. Haven was previously Milena Jesenská Journalism Fellow at the Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen, Austria, Visiting Scholar at Stanford University, USA and Voegelin Fellow at the Hoover Institution, USA. She is the author of Evolution of Desire: A Life of René Girard, the first-ever biography of the French theorist. She writes regularly for The Times Literary Supplement, and has contributed to The New York Times, The Nation, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and many other publications. She has published several other books as well, including volumes on Czeslaw Milosz and Joseph Brodsky.
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Introduction: Socrates in the Digital Age Cynthia L. Haven "There Are Real Victims Behind the Text" Discussion Myth & Opera Philippe Godefroid Technological Power in the Post-Sacrificial World Scott Walter The Logic of the Undecidable Thomas Bertonneau Violence Difference Sacrifice Rebecca Adams "Revelation is dangerous. It's the spiritual equivalent of nuclear power." Michel Treguer "What Is Happening Today Is Mimetic Rivalry on a Global Scale." Henri Tincq "How Should Mimetic Theory Be Applied?" Maria Stella Barberi Shakespeare Mimesis and Desire Robert Pogue Harrison Why Do We Fight? How Do We Stop? Robert Pogue Harrison "War Is Everywhere" Elisabeth Lévy "I am first and foremost a social scientist." Pedro Sette-Câmara Alvaro Velloso de Carvalho and Olavo de Carvalho Apocalyptic Thinking after 9/11 Robert Doran The J'Accuse of René Girard: The Audacious Ideas of a Great Thinker Giulio Meotti "I have always tried to think inside an evolutionary framework." Pierpaolo Antonello and João Cezar de Castro Rocha A Passion Born of Rivalry Mark Anspach and Laurence Tacou "Christianity Will Be Victorious But Only in Defeat" Cynthia L. Haven Postscript: "René Girard Never Played the Great Man " Says Biographer Artur Sebastian Rosman Index
Introduction: Socrates in the Digital Age Cynthia L. Haven "There Are Real Victims Behind the Text" Discussion Myth & Opera Philippe Godefroid Technological Power in the Post-Sacrificial World Scott Walter The Logic of the Undecidable Thomas Bertonneau Violence Difference Sacrifice Rebecca Adams "Revelation is dangerous. It's the spiritual equivalent of nuclear power." Michel Treguer "What Is Happening Today Is Mimetic Rivalry on a Global Scale." Henri Tincq "How Should Mimetic Theory Be Applied?" Maria Stella Barberi Shakespeare Mimesis and Desire Robert Pogue Harrison Why Do We Fight? How Do We Stop? Robert Pogue Harrison "War Is Everywhere" Elisabeth Lévy "I am first and foremost a social scientist." Pedro Sette-Câmara Alvaro Velloso de Carvalho and Olavo de Carvalho Apocalyptic Thinking after 9/11 Robert Doran The J'Accuse of René Girard: The Audacious Ideas of a Great Thinker Giulio Meotti "I have always tried to think inside an evolutionary framework." Pierpaolo Antonello and João Cezar de Castro Rocha A Passion Born of Rivalry Mark Anspach and Laurence Tacou "Christianity Will Be Victorious But Only in Defeat" Cynthia L. Haven Postscript: "René Girard Never Played the Great Man " Says Biographer Artur Sebastian Rosman Index
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