Mimetic Theory and World Religions PDF book is popular Philosophy book written by Wolfgang Palaver. The book was released by MSU Press on 2017-11-01 with total hardcover pages 402. Fast download link is given in this page, you could read Mimetic Theory and World Religions by Wolfgang Palaver in PDF, epub and kindle directly from your devices.
Those who anticipated the demise of religion and the advent of a peaceful, secularized global village have seen the last two decades confound their predictions.
A systematic introduction into the mimetic theory of the French-American literary theorist and philosophical anthropologist René Girard, this essential text ex
“Why is there so much violence in our midst?” René Girard asks. “No question is more debated today. And none produces more disappointing answers.” In G
Presenting an original global theory of culture, Girard explores the social function of violence and the mechanism of the social scapegoat. His vision is a chal
Since the late 1970s, theologians have been attempting to integrate mimetic theory into different fields of theology, yet a distrust of mimetic theory persists
