Overview :A systematic introduction into the mimetic theory of the French-American literary theorist and philosophical anthropologist Ren Girard, thi... Read More
Overview :French theorist Ren Girard was one of the major thinkers of the twentieth century. Read by international leaders, quoted by the French medi... Read More
Overview :In his latest book on the ground-breaking work of Ren Girard (1923-2015), Scott Cowdell sets out a new perspective on mimetic theory and th... Read More
Overview :In René Girard, Theology, and Popular Culture, fifteen contributors consider how Girard's mimetic theory can be used to uncover and probe th... Read More
Overview : In his explorations of the relations between the sacred and violence, Ren Girard has hit upon the origin of culture--the way culture began... Read More
Overview :Ren Girard (1923-2015) was one of the leading thinkers of our era--a provocative sage who bypassed prevailing orthodoxies to offer a bold, ... Read More
Overview :The brilliant and ground-breaking mimetic theory of the French-American theorist Ren Girard (1923-2015)has gained wide-ranging recognition,... Read More
Overview :This groundbreaking book offers the first systematic study of the Qur'ān and Islamic history in the light of René Girard's mimetic theo... Read More
Overview :The nations of the global north find themselves in a post-secular or post-Christian period, one in which the practice, expression, and effec... Read More
Overview :This book is a brief introduction to the theory of Ren Girard, written in a humorous, accessible style, and accompanied by cartoon illustra... Read More
Overview :The ideas of Rene Girard are having a profound effect on Christian theology. This book offers a critical introduction to his thought and the... Read More
Overview :The Catholic anthropologist René Girard (1923-2015) has emerged as one of the most important thinkers of the past century. His sweeping mime... Read More
Overview :Since the late 1970s, theologians have been attempting to integrate mimetic theory into different fields of theology, yet a distrust of mime... Read More
Overview :Fifty years after its publication in English, Ren Girard's Deceit, Desire, and the Novel (1965) has never ceased to fascinate, challenge, i... Read More
Overview :This book uncovers how violence stems from our desires. It explores why we compete, envy, and sometimes escalate conflicts into war. From wa... Read More
Overview :Ren Girard s thesis that culture and religion arose from an original act of scapegoating murder gained international scholarly attention in ... Read More
Overview :This book draws on the philosopher Ren Girard to argue that three twentieth-century American novels (Jeffrey Eugenides's The Virgin Suicide... Read More