Violence and the Sacred
Author: Girard, Rene
ISBN: 9781472520814
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Year first published: 24 Oct 2013
Pages: 392 Format: Paperback / softback
Violence and the Sacred is Rene 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.
ISBN: 9781472520814
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Year first published: 24 Oct 2013
Pages: 392 Format: Paperback / softback
Violence and the Sacred is Rene 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.
