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Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World

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Develops a global theory of culture through the paradox of violence and exclusion serving a social function.

Table of Contents

Book I Fundamental Anthropology
1 The Victimage Mechanism as the Basis of Religion
2 The Development of Culture and Institutions
3 The Process of Hominization
4 Myth: The Invisibility of the Founding Murder
5 Texts of Persecution

Book II
1 Things Hidden SInce the Foundation of the World
2 A Non-Sacrifical Reading of the Gospel Text
3 The Sacrificial Reading and Historical Christianity
4 The Logos of Heraclitus and the Logos of John

Book III
1 Mimetic Desire
2 Desire without Object
3 Mimesis and Sexuality
4 Psychanalytic Mythology
5 Beyond Scandal
To conclude
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Product details

Published 02 Oct 2003
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 480
ISBN 9780826468536
Imprint Continuum
Dimensions 234 x 156 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

René Girard

René Girard was the Andrew B. Hammond Professor Em…

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