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Violence and the Sacred
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Violence and the Sacred Paperback - 2005

by Ren' Girard; Rene Girard

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Ren Girard (1923-) was Professor of French Language, Literature and Civilization at Stanford Unviersity from 1981 until his retirement in 1995. Violence and the Sacred is Girard's brilliant study of human evil. 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. Translated by Patrick Gregory

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IN MANY RITUALS the sacrificial act assumes two opposing aspects, appearing at times as a sacred obligation to be neglected at grave peril, at other times as a sort of criminal activity entailing perils of equal gravity.

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  • Title Violence and the Sacred
  • Author Ren' Girard; Rene Girard
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition New Ed
  • Pages 362
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London
  • Publication date April 2005
  • ISBN 9780826477187 / 0826477186
  • Weight 0.78 lbs (0.35 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.81 x 5.06 x 0.75 in (19.84 x 12.85 x 1.91 cm)
  • Category Philosophy
  • Dewey Decimal Code 205.697

About the author

Rene Girard is the Andrew B. Hammond Professor Emeritus of French Language, Literature, and Civilization at Stanford University.

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