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Violence and the Sacred
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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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- Authors
- GIRARD, R.
- Corresponding author
- GIRARD, RENÉ
- Venue
- On Violence
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Published
- 2007-12-06
- Pages
- 334-350
- OpenAlex
- W1985306786
- Cited by
- 2,049
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 51.69
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.gbv.de
- Locations
- Duke University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Johns Hopkins University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- 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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