On Girard: Mimesis and Cosmic War
Much of what Freud and Girard have said about the function of symbolic violence in religion has been persuasive. Even if one questions, as I do, Girard's idea that mimetic desire is the sole driving force behind symbols of religious violence, one can still agree that mimesis is a significant fa...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Equinox
[2016]
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Bulletin for the study of religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 45, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 59-65 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Girard, René 1923-2015
/ Sacrifice
/ Mimesis
/ Violence
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RelBib Classification: | AE Psychology of religion AG Religious life; material religion |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |