Description: Violence and the Sacred, Paperback by Girard, René, ISBN 1472520815, ISBN-13 9781472520814, Brand New, Free shipping in the US 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.
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Book Title: Violence and the Sacred
Number of Pages: 392 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Violence and the Sacred
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Publication Year: 2013
Item Height: 0.8 in
Subject: Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict, General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Semiotics & Theory, Violence in Society, Customs & Traditions
Item Weight: 17.4 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 8.5 in
Author: René Girard
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Religion, Philosophy, Social Science
Item Width: 5.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback