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Discovering Girard

Michael Kirwan author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield

Published:25th Aug '05

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“Really wonderful; an elegantly written initiation into the mimetic theory. I am lucky to have interpreters who understand what I want to say and who can write so well.” —René Girard The work of René Girard is hugely influential in literature and cultural studies. But it is in understanding the relationship between religion and violence that his theory has created its greatest impact. Girard’s understanding of mimetic rivalry and conflict and of scapegoating is seen by many to be the key to a completely new understanding of Christianity. Girard’s name evokes curiosity and—often—strong feelings among devotees and skeptics. Discovering Girard is the first book to present Girard’s work to a wider audience. It explains and appraises Girard’s mimetic theory, shows its impact on theology and other disciplines, and manages to convey the excitement that a discovery of Girard’s ideas often generates in readers.

Michael Kirwan has pulled off a masterpiece of accessibility; he has unfurled a huge map for the ordinary traveller which neither simplifies nor distorts.

ISBN: 9781561012299

Dimensions: 221mm x 143mm x 8mm

Weight: 179g

137 pages