When these things begin : conversations with Michel Treguer / René Girard ; translated by Trevor Cribben Merrill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Girard, René, 1923-2015.

Contributor:

Treguer, Michel.

Series:

Studies in Violence, Mimesis, and Culture

Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture

Standardized Title:

Quand ces choses commenceront. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectuals--France--Interviews.

Intellectuals.

France--Intellectual life--20th century.

France.

Girard, René, 1923-2015--Interviews.

Girard, René.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (153 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this lively series of conversations with writer Michel Treguer, René Girard revisits the major concepts of mimetic theory and explores science, democracy, and the nature of God and freedom. Girard affirms that "our unprecedented present is incomprehensible without Christianity." Globalization has unified the world, yet civil war and terrorism persist despite free trade and economic growth. Because of mimetic desire and the rivalry it generates, asserts Girard, "whether we're talking about marriage, friendship, professional relationships, issues with neighbors or matters of national

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. A First Overview: Here and Now; Chapter 2. Mimetic Desire: Shakespeare rather than Plato; Chapter 3. The Mimetic Crisis: Sacrificial Worlds; Chapter 4. The Bible; Chapter 5. Christ (Orders and Disorders); Chapter 6. A Return to Imitation; Chapter 7. Science; Chapter 8. The One and the Many; Chapter 9. Democracy; Chapter 10. God, Freedom; Chapter 11. Freud, and a Few Others; Chapter 12. A Method, a Life, a Man; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781609174002

1609174003

OCLC:

874146638