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Violence and the Sacred

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GIRARD, RENÉ·2007·On Violence
DOI 10.2307/j.ctv120qr2d.27
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Ren Girard (1923-) was Professor of French Language, Literature and Civilization at Stanford Unviersity from 1981 until his retirement in 1995. Violence and the Sacred is Girard's brilliant study of human evil. 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. Translated by Patrick Gregory

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  • Girard sees ritual as a means through which humans try to channel violence.

    “He sees ritual as a means through which humans try to channel violence.”

    From Buddhism and symbolic violence (2011) · cites this paper as Girard 1979

  • René Girard defines violence as the 'heart and soul of the sacred.'

    “In his book Violence and the Sacred (1979) , Ren é Girard defi nes violence as the ' heart and soul of the sacred. '”

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Authors
GIRARD, R.
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GIRARD, RENÉ
Venue
On Violence
Publisher
Duke University Press
Published
2007-12-06
Pages
334-350
DOI
10.2307/j.ctv120qr2d.27
OpenAlex
W1985306786
Cited by
2,049
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Citations by year
2026: 35 · 2025: 75 · 2024: 58 · 2023: 51 · 2022: 58 · 2021: 51 · 2020: 103 · 2019: 160 · 2018: 69 · 2017: 48 · 2016: 58 · 2015: 57 · 2014: 56 · 2013: 101 · 2012: 67
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51.69
Type
book chapter
Language
en
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Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Violence, Religion, and Philosophy
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › General Arts and Humanities › Cultural and Mythological Studies
Keywords
René Girard, violence, sacred, human evil, scapegoat theory, biblical narrative, Greek tragedy, lynching, pogroms, myth, religion and violence

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