René Girard

Evolution and Conversion (eBook, ePUB)

Dialogues on the Origins of Culture

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Evolution and Conversion explores the main tenets of René Girard's thought in a series of dialogues. Here, Girard reflects on the evolution of his thought and offers striking new insights on topics such as violence, religion, desire and literature. His long argument is a historical one in which the origin of culture and religion is reunited in the contemporary world by means of a reinterpretation of Christianity and an understanding of the intrinsically violent nature of human beings. He also offers provocative re-readings of Biblical and literary texts and responds to statements by Daniel Dennett and Richard Dawkins. Including an introduction by the authors, this is a revealing text by one of the most original thinkers of our time.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350018242
• Artikelnr.: 47954185

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction: 'One long argument from
the beginning to the end' Pierpaolo Antonello and Joao Cezar Castro Rocha 1
The Life of the Mind 2 'A Theory by Which to Work': The Mimetic Mechanism 3
The Symbolic Species 4 Dialogues and Criticism: From Frazer to Levi-Strauss
5 Method, Evidence and Truth 6 The Scandal of Christianity 7 Modernity,
Postmodernity and Beyond Chronology of Girard's Life List of Girard's
Publications Index