Sacrifice Between West and East: René Girard, Simone Weil, and Mahatma Gandhi on Violence and Nonviolence

In this chapter, Wolfgang Palaver looks at developments in Rene Girard’s later work, in particular, at Girard’s assessment that he had earlier unfairly “scapegoated” sacrifice in an effort to rid humanity of violence. In recognition of the need to address—not erase—the violence that is with us, Gira...

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Main Author: Palaver, Wolfgang 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2019
In: Mimesis and sacrifice
Year: 2019, Pages: 37-50
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Girard, René 1923-2015
B Violence
B Non-violence
B Victim (Religion)
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic