Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World presents a highly original global theory of culture. Here, in his greatest work, René Girard explores the function of violence, mimetic desire and the mechanism of the scapegoat, in the history of society and religion. Girard's vision is a brilliant and devastating challenge to conventional views of literature, anthropology, philosophy and psychoanalysis.
ISBN: | 9781474268431 |
Publication date: | 25th February 2016 |
Author: | René Girard, JeanMichel Oughourlian, Guy Lefort |
Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 464 pages |
Series: | Bloomsbury Revelations |
Genres: |
Social and political philosophy Western philosophy from c 1800 |