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PublisherNorton & Company The Limited, W. W.
ISBN-100801822181
ISBN-139780801822186
eBay Product ID (ePID)719769
Product Key Features
Number of Pages352 Pages
Publication NameViolence and the Sacred
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1979
SubjectChristian Theology / Anthropology, Biblical Studies / History & Culture, Ancient & Classical, Violence in Society, Subjects & Themes / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Religion, Social Science
AuthorRené Girard
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight16.8 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width5.9 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN77-004539
ReviewsHis fascinating and ambitious book provides a fully developed theory of violence as the 'heart and secret soul' of the sacred. Girard's fertile, combative mind links myth to prophetic writing, primitive religions to classical tragedy. --Victor Brombert, Chronicle of Higher Education, This brilliant study of human evil, first published in France to critical acclaim, demands comparison with Ernest Becker's The Denial of Death and Escape from Evil , as well as with Eli Sagan's Cannibalism: Human Aggression and Cultural Form . . . . This is a major study in the anthropology of religion, Greek literature, and the human psyche, I regard his book as crucial reading for anyone interested in the dynamics of society and culture. He presents the best case I have seen for the promacy of social order. --Victor Turner, Human Nature, His fascinating and ambitious book provides a fully developed theory of violence as the 'heart and secret soul' of the sacred. Girard's fertile, combative mind links myth to prophetic writing, primitive religions to classical tragedy., ""His fascinating and ambitious book provides a fully developed theory of violence as the 'heart and secret soul' of the sacred. Girard's fertile, combative mind links myth to prophetic writing, primitive religions to classical tragedy."", This brilliant study of human evil, first published in France to critical acclaim, demands comparison with Ernest Becker's The Denial of Death and Escape from Evil , as well as with Eli Sagan's Cannibalism: Human Aggression and Cultural Form . . . . This is a major study in the anthropology of religion, Greek literature, and the human psyche -- Choice
Dewey Edition23
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal201/.76332
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Chapter 1. Sacrifice Chapter 2. The Sacrificial Crisis Chapter 3. Oedipus and the Surrogate Victim Chapter 4. The Origins of Myth and Ritual Chapter 5. Dionysus Chapter 6. From Mimetic Desire to the Monstrous Double Chapter 7. Freud and the Oedipus Comples Chapter 8. Totem and Taboo and the Incest Prohibition Chapter 9. Lévi-Strauss, Structuralism, and Marriage Laws Chapter 10. The Gods, the Dead, the Sacred, and Sacrificial Substitution Chapter 11. The Unity of All Rites Conclusion Bibliography Index
Synopsis''His fascinating and ambitious book provides a fully developed theory of violence as the 'heart and secret soul' of the sacred. Girard's fertile, combative mind links myth to prophetic writing, primitive religions to classical tragedy.''--Victor Brombert, 'Chronicle of Higher Education.', Violence and the Sacred is René Girard's landmark study of human evil. Here Girard explores violence as it is represented and occurs throughout history, literature and myth. Girard's forceful and thought-provoking analyses of Biblical narrative, Greek tragedy and the lynchings and pogroms propagated by contemporary states illustrate his central argument that violence belongs to everyone and is at the heart of the sacred., His fascinating and ambitious book provides a fully developed theory of violence as the 'heart and secret soul' of the sacred. Girard's fertile, combative mind links myth to prophetic writing, primitive religions to classical tragedy.
LC Classification NumberBL600
