In this Book
- The One by Whom Scandal Comes
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Michigan State University Press
- Series: Studies in Violence, Mimesis and Culture
summary
“Why is there so much violence in our midst?” René Girard asks. “No question is more debated today. And none produces more disappointing answers.” In Girard’s mimetic theory it is the imitation of someone else’s desire that gives rise to conflict whenever the desired object cannot be shared. This mimetic rivalry, Girard argues, is responsible for the frequency and escalating intensity of human conflict. For Girard, human conflict comes not from the loss of reciprocity between humans but from the transition, imperceptible at first but then ever more rapid, from good to bad reciprocity. In this landmark text, Girard continues his study of violence in light of geopolitical competition, focusing on the roots and outcomes of violence across societies latent in the process of globalization. The volume concludes in a wide-ranging interview with the Sicilian cultural theorist Maria Stella Barberi, where Girard’s twenty-first century emphases on the continuity of all religions, global conflict, and the necessity of apocalyptic thinking emerge.
Table of Contents
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- A Note on the Translation
- pp. vii-viii
- Part 1. Against Relativism
- Chapter 2. Noble Savages and Others
- pp. 21-32
- Part 2. The Other Side of Myth
- Chapter 5. Scandal and Conversion
- pp. 57-66
Additional Information
ISBN
9781609173999
Related ISBN(s)
9781611861099, 9781628950168, 9781628960167
MARC Record
OCLC
870199370
Pages
151
Launched on MUSE
2014-05-07
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2014