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Desire in René Girard and Jesus [electronic resource].

By: Publication details: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (242 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780739171103 (electronic bk.)
  • 0739171100 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Desire in René Girard and JesusDDC classification:
  • 194 23
LOC classification:
  • B2430.G494 N49 2012eb
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Contents:
Acknowledgments; Introduction: Desiderium in Girard; Part I; 1 The Foundational Murder; 2 Ressentiment Redivivus; 3 Violence, Myth, and the Sacred; 4 Logos in Heraclitus and John; 5 Apocalypse; 6 Christ's Passion; Part II; 7 The Sacrificial Passion; Excursus; Conclusion; Partial Bibliography; Index
Summary: Desire in René Girard and Jesus presents a comprehensive analysis of René Girard's work on the origins of culture and the depths of human desire. Girard's hypothesis of mimesis discloses the lack of originality in human desire even as it offers a scientific method for handling religion after two centuries of its absence in the social science.
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Acknowledgments; Introduction: Desiderium in Girard; Part I; 1 The Foundational Murder; 2 Ressentiment Redivivus; 3 Violence, Myth, and the Sacred; 4 Logos in Heraclitus and John; 5 Apocalypse; 6 Christ's Passion; Part II; 7 The Sacrificial Passion; Excursus; Conclusion; Partial Bibliography; Index

Desire in René Girard and Jesus presents a comprehensive analysis of René Girard's work on the origins of culture and the depths of human desire. Girard's hypothesis of mimesis discloses the lack of originality in human desire even as it offers a scientific method for handling religion after two centuries of its absence in the social science.

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