Resurrection from the underground : Feodor Dostoevsky / René Girard ; edited and translated by James G. Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Girard, René, 1923-2015.

Contributor:

Williams, James G., 1936-

Series:

Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture.

Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture series

Standardized Title:

Dostoïevski, du double à l'unité. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881--Criticism and interpretation.

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (122 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In a fascinating analysis of critical themes in Feodor Dostoevsky's work, René Girard explores the implications of the Russian author's "underground," a site of isolation, alienation, and resentment. Brilliantly translated, this book is a testament to Girard's remarkable engagement with Dostoevsky's work, through which he discusses numerous aspects of the human condition, including desire, which Girard argues is "triangular" or "mimetic"-copied from models or mediators whose objects of desire become our own. Girard's interdisciplinary approach allows him to shed new light on religion, spirit

Contents:

Rene Girard since 1996 / by James G. Williams

Rene Girard / by James G. Williams

A biographical prologue

Chronology of Feodor Dostoevsky

Resurrection from the underground: Feodor Dostoevsky

Descent into the inferno

Underground psychology

Underground metaphysics

Resurrection

Mimetic desire in the underground.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781628951080

1628951087

9781609173203

1609173201

OCLC:

785779021