Description
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.
Author: René Girard
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 01/01/1979
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 8.98h x 5.87w x 0.85d
ISBN13: 9780801822186
ISBN10: 0801822181
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Customs & Traditions
- Religion | Biblical Studies | History & Culture
- Social Science | Violence in Society
About the Author
René Girard is Andrew B. Hammond Professor of French Language, Literature and Civilization at Stanford University. Two of his books, Deceit, Desire, and the Novel, which was also translated by Yvonne Freccero, and The Scapegoat, are available from Johns Hopkins University Press.