Name: René Girard and the Western Philosophical Tradition, Volume 1: Philosophy, Violence, and Mimesis
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Author: Wilmes, Andreas ; Dunn, George A.
ISBN: 9781611864953

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René Girard and the Western Philosophical Tradition, Volume 1: Philosophy, Violence, and Mimesis

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Physical Book

Author

George A. Dunn

Andreas Wilmes

Publisher

Michigan State University Press

Language

English

Pages

396

Format

Paperback

Weight

0.45 kg.

ISBN13

9781611864953

Synopsis "René Girard and the Western Philosophical Tradition, Volume 1: Philosophy, Violence, and Mimesis"

This edited volume situates René Girard in relation to the Western philosophical tradition. Each chapter engages the French anthropologist in dialogue with a key figure from the history of Western philosophy, from Plato to Kierkegaard. The pivotal question of René Girard and the Western Philosophical Tradition revolves around Girard's assertion, "Since the attempt to understand religion on the basis of philosophy has failed, we ought to try the reverse method and read philosophy in the light of religion." Major philosophers influenced Girard and contributed valuable insights into questions of desire, religion, violence, and the sacred. At the same time, he felt that Western philosophy often, if not always, neglected the founding violence that lies at the origin of culture. This is the first collective scholarly effort at situating René Girard in relation to the Western philosophical tradition. Volume 1 features chapters on Plato, Augustine of Hippo, Niccolò Machiavelli, Thomas Hobbes, Blaise Pascal, Baruch Spinoza, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Adam Smith, Immanuel Kant, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, Alexis de Tocqueville, S ren Kierkegaard, and René Girard.

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