Sacred Violence, Mimetic Rivalry, and War
In brilliantly original works such as Things Hidden since the Foundation of the World (the source of the epigraph) and Violence and the Sacred , Ren� Girard confronts fully a possibility that most modern social scientists have shied away from: that bloodshed may be at or close to the heart of all hu...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2011
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Mimesis and science
Year: 2011, Pages: 155-174 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mimesis
B Violence B Girard, René 1923-2015 |
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| Summary: | In brilliantly original works such as Things Hidden since the Foundation of the World (the source of the epigraph) and Violence and the Sacred , Ren� Girard confronts fully a possibility that most modern social scientists have shied away from: that bloodshed may be at or close to the heart of all human social life.� The above quote occurs in the context of a conversation about the theories and movements spawned by Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, and even Foucault, all of which might be characterized as enthusiasms for which Girard has limited sympathy. Although they all share his willingness to acknowledge the |
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| ISBN: | 9781628960969 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Mimesis and science
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.14321/j.ctt7zt5kb.11 |
