Beschreibung:
René Girard was the Andrew B. Hammond Professor Emeritus of French Language, Literature, and Civilization at Stanford University, USA.
Develops a global theory of culture through the paradox of violence and exclusion serving a social function.
Book I Fundamental Anthropology1 The Victimage Mechanism as the Basis of Religion2 The Development of Culture and Institutions3 The Process of Hominization4 Myth: The Invisibility of the Founding Murder5 Texts of PersecutionBook II1 Things Hidden SInce the Foundation of the World2 A Non-Sacrifical Reading of the Gospel Text3 The Sacrificial Reading and Historical Christianity4 The Logos of Heraclitus and the Logos of JohnBook III1 Mimetic Desire2 Desire without Object3 Mimesis and Sexuality4 Psychanalytic Mythology5 Beyond ScandalTo concludeNotesBibliographyIndex