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Sacrifice

Sacrifice( )
Author: Girard, René
Series title:Breakthroughs in Mimetic Theory Ser.
ISBN:978-0-87013-992-5
Publication Date:Apr 2011
Publisher:Michigan State University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $15.95
Book Description:

In Sacrifice, René Girard interrogates the Brahmanas of Vedic India, exploring coincidences with mimetic theory that are too numerous and striking to be accidental. Even that which appears to be dissimilar fails to contradict mimetic theory, but instead corresponds to the minimum of illusion without which sacrifice becomes impossible.      The Bible reveals collective violence, similar to that which generates sacrifice everywhere, but instead...
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Book Details
Pages:104
Detailed Subjects: Religion / Hinduism / Sacred Writings
Social Science / Sociology Of Religion
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):4.5 x 6 x 0.6 Inches
Book Weight:0.19 Pounds
Author Biography
Girard, René (Author)
René Girard was born on December 25, 1923 in Avignon, France. He received an advanced degree in medieval studies at the École Nationale des Chartes in 1947 and a Ph.D. in history from Indiana University in 1950. He taught French language and literature at Indiana University, Duke University, Bryn Mawr College, Johns Hopkins University, and the State University at Buffalo. He taught at Stanford University from 1981 until his retirement in 1995.

His explorations of literature and myth helped establish influential theories about how people are motivated to want things. His first book, Deceit, Desire, and the Novel, was published in French in 1961 and in English in 1965. His other works included Violence and the Sacred and Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World. He received a lifetime achievement award from the Modern Language Association in 2009 and the Order of Isabella the Catholic from the king of Spain for his work in philosophy and anthropology in 2013. He died on November 4, 2015 at the age of 91.

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