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Evolution and Conversion
Dialogues on the Origins of Culture
Langbeschreibung
Evolution and Conversion explores the main tenets of René Girard's thought in a series of dialogues. Here, Girard reflects on the evolution of his thought and offers striking new insights on topics such as violence, religion, desire and literature. His long argument is a historical one in which the origin of culture and religion is reunited in the contemporary world by means of a reinterpretation of Christianity and an understanding of the intrinsically violent nature of human beings. He also offers provocative re-readings of Biblical and literary texts and responds to statements by Daniel Dennett and Richard Dawkins. Including an introduction by the authors, this is a revealing text by one of the most original thinkers of our time.
Hauptbeschreibung
Includes an introduction by the editors Pierpaolo Antonello and Joao Cezar Castro Rocha.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
ContentsAcknowledgementsForewordIntroduction: 'One long argument from the beginning to the end'Pierpaolo Antonello and Joao Cezar Castro Rocha1 The Life of the Mind2 'A Theory by Which to Work': The Mimetic Mechanism3 The Symbolic Species4 Dialogues and Criticism: From Frazer to Levi-Strauss5 Method, Evidence and Truth6 The Scandal of Christianity7 Modernity, Postmodernity and BeyondChronology of Girard's LifeList of Girard's PublicationsIndex
René Girard (1923-) was Andrew B. Hammond Professor Emeritus of French Language, Literature, and Civilization at Stanford University, USA, from 1981 to his retirement in 1995. A historian, literary critic and philosopher, he is the author of over 30 books including Violence and the Sacred.
ISBN-13:
9781350018235
Veröffentl:
2017
Erscheinungsdatum:
23.02.2017
Seiten:
216
Autor:
René Girard
Gewicht:
304 g
Format:
216x136x22 mm
Sprache:
Englisch