The one by whom scandal comes / Rene Girard; Translated by M. B. DeBevoise.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Girard, René, 1923-2015.

Contributor:

DeBevoise, M. B.

Series:

Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture.

Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture series

Standardized Title:

Celui par qui le scandale arrive. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--Religious aspects.

Violence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 139 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing, Michigan : Michigan State University Press, 2014.

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.

Contents:

Part 1. Against relativism; Ch. 1. Violence and reciprocity

Ch. 2. Noble savages and others

Ch. 3. Mimetic theory and theology

Part 2. The other side of myth; Ch. 4. I see satan fall like lightning

Ch. 5. Scandal and conversion

Ch. 6. I do not pray for the world

Ch. 7. The catholic church and the modern world

Ch. 8. Hominization and natural selection

Ch. 9. A stumbling block to jews, foolishness to gentiles

Ch. 10. Lévi-Strauss on collective murder

Ch. 11. Positivists and deconstructionists

Ch. 12. How should mimetic theory be applied?

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-62895-016-1

1-60917-399-6

OCLC:

870199370