Mimetic Theory and the Miners’ Strike: Probing the Implications of René Girard’s Theory on Political Religion

In the first of three parts the reader is introduced to René Girard’s interdisciplinary theory of religion as he developed it throughout his academic career. From his initial formulation of "mimetic desire" in his work on the Europen novel (Deceit, Desire, and the Novel 1961/1965), over hi...

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Main Author: Cojocaru, Daniel (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2012
In: Religion compass
Year: 2012, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 72-81
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