Books written by René Girard
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Mimesis and Theory: Essays on Literature and Criticism, 1953-2005
Mimesis and Theory brings together twenty previously uncollected essays on literature and literary theory by one of the most important thinkers of the past thirty years.
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Aquel por el que llega el escándalo
Comienza en el ámbito de la literatura con una serie de libros con títulos muy atractivos , por ejemplo , por citar algunos de ellos , Mentira romántica , verdad novelesca y Shakespeare y los fuegos de la envidia ; continúa en el de la ...
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Deceit, Desire, and the Novel: Self and Other in Literary Structure
Examines the novel based on an altruistic hero who dies, through a description of five novelists.
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Le bouc émissaire
La victime est d'accord avec ses bourreaux. Le malheur est apparu parce qu'il a tué son père et épousé sa mère. Le bouc émissaire suppose toujours l'illusion persécutrice.
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Conversations with René Girard: Prophet of Envy
This is the first collection of interviews with Girard, one that brings together discussions on Cervantes, Dostoevsky, and Proust alongside the causes of conflict and violence and the role of imitation in human behavior.
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Christianity, Truth, and Weakening Faith: A Dialogue
Christianity, Truth, and Weakening Faith advances just such a dialogue, featuring the collaboration of two major philosophers known for their progressive approach to this issue.
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Violence, the Sacred, and Things Hidden: A Discussion with René Girard at Esprit (1973)
The 1973 discussion thus marks a new and decisive step in Girard’s intellectual journey, making this volume a critical document for understanding the transition period between Violence and the Sacred and Things Hidden Since the Foundation ...
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The One by Whom Scandal Comes
In this landmark text, Girard continues his study of violence in light of geopolitical competition, focusing on the roots and outcomes of violence across societies latent in the process of globalization.
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Violence and the Sacred
This study of good and evil examines the presence of ritual violence in sacred ceremony.
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Violence and the Sacred
This brilliant study of good and evil examines the presence of ritual violence in sacred ceremony.
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I See Satan Fall Like Lightning
Rene Girard holds up the gospels as mirrors that reveal our broken humanity, and shows that they also reflect a new reality that can make us whole.
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I See Satan Fall Like Lightning
I See Satan Fall Like Lightning
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Evolution and Conversion: Dialogues on the Origins of Culture
Including an introduction by the authors, this is a revealing text by one of the most original thinkers of our time.
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Evolution and Conversion: Dialogues on the Origins of Culture
Including an introduction by the authors, this is a revealing text by one of the most original thinkers of our time."--Bloomsbury Publishing
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Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World
This is the single fullest summation of the ideas of one of the most eminent and controversial cultural theorists of our time.
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Menzogna romantica e verità romanzesca
René Girard reinterpreta, alla luce di questa fondamentale intuizione critica e psicologica e attraverso un’analisi sottile e del tutto originale, le grandi opere e i personaggi della letteratura moderna.
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Mentira romántica y verdad novelesca
... don Quijote es la víctima ejemplar del deseo triangular , pero está lejos de ser la única . A su alrededor , el más afectado es el escudero Sancho Panza . Algunos deseos de Sancho no son fruto de una imitación ; los que despierta , por ...
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Anorexia and Mimetic Desire
René Girard shows that all desires are contagious—and the desire to be thin is no exception. In this compelling new book, Girard ties the anorexia epidemic to what he calls mimetic desire: a desire imitated from a model.
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A Theater of Envy: William Shakespeare
The author proposes dramatic new interpretations of nearly all of Shakespeare's plays and poems.
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Shakespeare: Theater des Neides
Shakespeare: Theater des Neides