René Girard

Broschiertes Buch

Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World

Beschreibung

Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World presents a highly original global theory of culture. Here, in his greatest work, René Girard explores the function of violence, mimetic desire and the mechanism of the scapegoat, in the history of society and religion. Girard's vision is a brilliant and devastating challenge to conventional views of literature, anthropology, philosophy and psychoanalysis.

Autor

René Girard was the Andrew B. Hammond Professor Emeritus of French Language, Literature, and Civilization at Stanford University, USA.

Produktdetails

• Bloomsbury Revelations
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 139mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 604g
• ISBN-13: 9781474268431
• ISBN-10: 1474268439
• Artikelnr.: 43742149

Rezensionen

Rene Girard's work is both a rationally articulated study and a prophetic vision of the hidden origins of culture and the nature of cultural processes. In its enormous, breathtaking scope it suggests the projects of those nineteenth century intellectual giants (Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud) who still cast long shadows today. By contrast, contemporary criticism seems paltry and faint-hearted. Comparative Literature