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Discovering Girard

By: Michael Kirwan

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Paperback | 25 August 2005

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137 Pages

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14.2 x 21.6 x 0.6

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âReally wonderful; an elegantly written initiation into the mimetic theory. I am lucky to have interpreters who understand what I want to say and who can write so well.â â"Ren© Girard The work of Ren© Girard is hugely influential in literature and cultural studies. But it is in understanding the relationship between religion and violence that his theory has created its greatest impact. Girardâs understanding of mimetic rivalry and conflict and of scapegoating is seen by many to be the key to a completely new understanding of Christianity. Girardâs name evokes curiosity andâ"oftenâ"strong feelings among devotees and skeptics. Discovering Girard is the first book to present Girardâs work to a wider audience. It explains and appraises Girardâs mimetic theory, shows its impact on theology and other disciplines, and manages to convey the excitement that a discovery of Girardâs ideas often generates in readers.

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Michael Kirwan has pulled off a masterpiece of accessibility; he has unfurled a huge map for the ordinary traveller which neither simplifies nor distorts.

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