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All Desire Is a Desire for Being by René Girard
Category: History
A new selection of foundational works from the influential philosopher who developed the theory of mimetic desire. Why do humans have such a remarkable capacity for conflict? From ancient foundational myths to the modern era, the visionary thinker Rene Girard identified the constant, competing desires ...Show more
Evolution and Conversion : Dialogues on the Origins of Culture by René Girard
Category: Philosophy | Series: Bloomsbury Revelations
Violence and the Sacred by René Girard; Patrick Gregory (Translator)
Category: Non-Fiction
Violence and the Sacred is René Girard's landmark study of human evil. Here 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 ...Show more
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