When these things begin: conversations with Michel Treguer
""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1. A First Overview: Here and Now""; ""Chapter 2. Mimetic Desire: Shakespeare rather than Plato""; ""Chapter 3. The Mimetic Crisis: Sacrificial Worlds""; &quo...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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East Lansing, Michigan
Michigan State University Press
2014
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| In: | Jahr: 2014 |
| Rezensionen: | [Rezension von: Girard, René, 1923-2015, When these things begin : conversations with Michel Treguer] (2018) (Cain, William E., 1952 -)
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| Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift: | Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture
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Intellectual life
B France Intellectual life 20th century B Girard, René (1923-2015) Interviews B Intellectuals (France) Interviews B PHILOSOPHY ; General B Electronic books B Intellectuals B France B Girard, René B Interviews |
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| Zusammenfassung: | ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1. A First Overview: Here and Now""; ""Chapter 2. Mimetic Desire: Shakespeare rather than Plato""; ""Chapter 3. The Mimetic Crisis: Sacrificial Worlds""; ""Chapter 4. The Bible""; ""Chapter 5. Christ (Orders and Disorders)""; ""Chapter 6. A Return to Imitation""; ""Chapter 7. Science""; ""Chapter 8. The One and the Many""; ""Chapter 9. Democracy""; ""Chapter 10. God, Freedom""; ""Chapter 11. Freud, and a Few Others""; ""Chapter 12. A Method, a Life, a Man""; ""Notes""; ""Index"" In this lively series of conversations with writer Michel Treguer, René Girard revisits the major concepts of mimetic theory and explores science, democracy, and the nature of God and freedom. Girard affirms that "our unprecedented present is incomprehensible without Christianity." Globalization has unified the world, yet civil war and terrorism persist despite free trade and economic growth. Because of mimetic desire and the rivalry it generates, asserts Girard, "whether we're talking about marriage, friendship, professional relationships, issues with neighbors or matters of national unity |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physische Details: | 1 Online-Ressource (153 pages) |
| ISBN: | 1609174003 |