Description
Product ID: | 9781472520814 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Bloomsbury Revelations |
Title: | Violence and the Sacred |
Authors: | Author: Dr Rene Girard |
Page Count: | 392 |
Subjects: | Social and political philosophy, Social & political philosophy |
Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. 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. |
Imprint Name: | Bloomsbury Academic |
Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2013-10-24 |