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- René Girard's Mimetic Theory
- Publication Name
- René Girard's Mimetic Theory
- Title
- René Girard's Mimetic Theory
- Translator
- Gabriel Borrud
- Contributor
- Gabriel Borrud (Translated by)
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- EAN
- 9781611860771
- ISBN
- 9781611860771
- Publisher
- Michigan STATE University Press
- Genre
- Literary Criticism
- Release Year
- 2013
- Release Date
- 30/01/2013
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Weight
- 20 Oz
- Series
- Studies in Violence, Mimesis and Culture Ser.
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Type
- Textbook
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Item Width
- 6in
- Number of Pages
- 424 Pages
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A systematic introduction into the mimetic theory of the French-American literary theorist and philosophical anthropologist Ren Girard, this essential text explains its three main pillars (mimetic desire, the scapegoat mechanism, and the Biblical "difference") with the help of examples from literature and philosophy. This book also offers an overview of Ren Girard's life and work, showing how much mimetic theory results from existential and spiritual insights into one's own mimetic entanglements. Furthermore it examines the broader implications of Girard's theories, from the mimetic aspect of sovereignty and wars to the relationship between the scapegoat mechanism and the question of capital punishment. Mimetic theory is placed within the context of current cultural and political debates like the relationship between religion and modernity, terrorism, the death penalty, and gender issues. Drawing textual examples from European literature (Cervantes, Shakespeare, Goethe, Kleist, Stendhal, Storm, Flaubert, Dostoevsky, Proust) and philosophy (Plato, Camus, Sartre, L vi-Strauss, Derrida, Vattimo), Palaver uses mimetic theory to explore the themes they present. A highly accessible book, this text is complemented by bibliographical references to Girard's widespread work and secondary literature on mimetic theory and its applications, comprising a valuable bibliographical archive that provides the reader with an overview of the development and discussion of mimetic theory until the present day.
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Publisher
Michigan STATE University Press
ISBN-10
1611860776
ISBN-13
9781611860771
eBay Product ID (ePID)
144071148
Product Key Features
Publication Name
René Girard's Mimetic Theory
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Series
Studies in Violence, Mimesis and Culture Ser.
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
424 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
20 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
B2430.G494p3513
Reviews
A real tour de force, Palaver succeeds in situating mimetic theory in regard to major trends in contemporary thought, to document its relevance and contributions to various disciplines while simultaneously providing the most comprehensive and accessible introduction in any language. --Paul Dumouchel, Ritsumeikan University, First published in German in 2003, Wolfgang Palaver's Ren Girard's Mimetic Theory is a crucially important addition to the growing body of English-language studies of Girard's work. Clear, comprehensive, analytically acute, this volume shows Palaver to be a worthy successor to his Austrian colleague, Raymund Schwager, as Girard's interpreter and collaborator. The rich fruit of annual lectures over a period of ten years, Ren Girard's Mimetic Theory not only describes that theory, placing it in comparison and contrast with the theories of other major twentieth-century intellectuals concerning religion, mimesis, desire, and violence, it also shows why and how Girard's insights are increasingly relevant today. Braiding together topically related discussions of literary fiction, Biblical texts, philosophy, anthropology, psychology, political science, and theology, Palaver reflects, imitates, and extends Girard's own inter-disciplinarity in a breathtaking, scholarly tour de force. --Ann W. Astell, University of Notre Dame, Palaver's survey of Girard's mimetic theory is the most thorough introduction to Girard's thought and its ramifications that has been written, uniting profound insight, clear explication, and a tremendous breadth of research. --James Williams, author of The Bible, Violence, and the Sacred and editor of The Girard Reader, Palaver's survey of Girard's mimetic theory is the most thorough introduction to Girard's thought and its ramifications that has been written, uniting profound insight, clear explication, and a tremendous breadth of research. --James Williams, author of The Bible, Violence, and the Sacred and editor of The Girard Reader, First published in German in 2003, Wolfgang Palaver's René Girard's Mimetic Theory is a crucially important addition to the growing body of English-language studies of Girard's work. Clear, comprehensive, analytically acute, this volume shows Palaver to be a worthy successor to his Austrian colleague, Raymund Schwager, as Girard's interpreter and collaborator. The rich fruit of annual lectures over a period of ten years, René Girard's Mimetic Theory not only describes that theory, placing it in comparison and contrast with the theories of other major twentieth-century intellectuals concerning religion, mimesis, desire, and violence, it also shows why and how Girard's insights are increasingly relevant today. Braiding together topically related discussions of literary fiction, Biblical texts, philosophy, anthropology, psychology, political science, and theology, Palaver reflects, imitates, and extends Girard's own inter-disciplinarity in a breathtaking, scholarly tour de force. --Ann W. Astell, University of Notre Dame, Wolfgang Palaver's exploration of Rene Girard's mimetic theory is comprehensive, thorough, and penetrating. He takes us into the heart of Girard's anthropology of desire, while also tracing its rich implications for the contemporary study of politics, culture, gender, and religion. This English translation now makes available to a wider audience the definitive "must-read" account of one of the most important theoretical projects of our time. --Bruce K. Ward, Laurentian University
Copyright Date
2013
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
European / French, Individual Philosophers, Religious, General, History & Surveys / Modern, Subjects & Themes / General
Lccn
2012-028780
Dewey Decimal
203/.4
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Psychology, Literary Criticism, Philosophy
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