Violence and the Sacred, Paperback by Girard, Rene

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Book Title
Violence and the Sacred
Subject
Christian Theology / Anthropology, Biblical Studies / History & Culture, Violence in Society, Subjects & Themes / General
ISBN
9780801822186
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Religion, Social Science
Publication Name
Violence and the Sacred
Publisher
Norton & Company The Limited, W. W.
Item Length
9 in
Publication Year
1979
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
1.1 in
Author
René Girard
Item Weight
16.8 Oz
Item Width
5.9 in
Number of Pages
352 Pages
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Publisher
Norton & Company The Limited, W. W.
ISBN-10
0801822181
ISBN-13
9780801822186
eBay Product ID (ePID)
719769

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Violence and the Sacred
Subject
Christian Theology / Anthropology, Biblical Studies / History & Culture, Violence in Society, Subjects & Themes / General
Publication Year
1979
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Religion, Social Science
Author
René Girard
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
16.8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
5.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
77-004539
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
His fascinating and ambitious book provides a fully developed theory of violence as the 'heart and secret soul' of the sacred. Girard's fertile, combative mind links myth to prophetic writing, primitive religions to classical tragedy. --Victor Brombert, Chronicle of Higher Education, I regard his book as crucial reading for anyone interested in the dynamics of society and culture. He presents the best case I have seen for the promacy of social order. --Victor Turner, Human Nature, This brilliant study of human evil, first published in France to critical acclaim, demands comparison with Ernest Becker's The Denial of Death and Escape from Evil , as well as with Eli Sagan's Cannibalism: Human Aggression and Cultural Form . . . . This is a major study in the anthropology of religion, Greek literature, and the human psyche, His fascinating and ambitious book provides a fully developed theory of violence as the 'heart and secret soul' of the sacred. Girard's fertile, combative mind links myth to prophetic writing, primitive religions to classical tragedy., ""His fascinating and ambitious book provides a fully developed theory of violence as the 'heart and secret soul' of the sacred. Girard's fertile, combative mind links myth to prophetic writing, primitive religions to classical tragedy."", This brilliant study of human evil, first published in France to critical acclaim, demands comparison with Ernest Becker's The Denial of Death and Escape from Evil , as well as with Eli Sagan's Cannibalism: Human Aggression and Cultural Form . . . . This is a major study in the anthropology of religion, Greek literature, and the human psyche -- Choice
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Original Language
French
Dewey Decimal
201/.76332
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Sacrifice Chapter 2. The Sacrificial Crisis Chapter 3. Oedipus and the Surrogate Victim Chapter 4. The Origins of Myth and Ritual Chapter 5. Dionysus Chapter 6. From Mimetic Desire to the Monstrous Double Chapter 7. Freud and the Oedipus Comples Chapter 8. Totem and Taboo and the Incest Prohibition Chapter 9. Lévi-Strauss, Structuralism, and Marriage Laws Chapter 10. The Gods, the Dead, the Sacred, and Sacrificial Substitution Chapter 11. The Unity of All Rites Conclusion Bibliography Index
Synopsis
''His fascinating and ambitious book provides a fully developed theory of violence as the 'heart and secret soul' of the sacred. Girard's fertile, combative mind links myth to prophetic writing, primitive religions to classical tragedy.''--Victor Brombert, 'Chronicle of Higher Education.', Violence and the Sacred is René Girard's landmark study of human evil. Here Girard explores violence as it is represented and occurs throughout history, literature and myth. Girard's forceful and thought-provoking analyses of Biblical narrative, Greek tragedy and the lynchings and pogroms propagated by contemporary states illustrate his central argument that violence belongs to everyone and is at the heart of the sacred., His fascinating and ambitious book provides a fully developed theory of violence as the 'heart and secret soul' of the sacred. Girard's fertile, combative mind links myth to prophetic writing, primitive religions to classical tragedy.
LC Classification Number
BL600

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