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René Girard and the Western Philosophical Tradition. Volume 1 : Philosophy, Violence, and Mimesis / Andreas Wilmes and George A. Dunn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilmes, Andreas, author.
- Dunn, George A., 1957- author.
- Series:
- Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture.
- Studies in Violence, Mimesis and Culture Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Girard, René, 1923-2015.
- Girard, René.
- Philosophers--France.
- Philosophers.
- Anthropologists--France.
- Anthropologists.
- Philosophy--Europe.
- Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (397 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- East Lansing, Michigan : Michigan State University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "René Girard's stance towards the Western philosophical tradition was somewhat ambivalent. On the one hand, he acknowledged that major philosophers had influenced him and had contributed valuable insights on questions of desire, religion, violence, and the sacred. On the other hand, he felt that Western philosophy often, if not always, neglected the founding violence that lies at the origin of culture. The relevance of this contention is the pivotal question of the two volumes of René Girard and the Western Philosophical Tradition. The chapters in these books engage the French anthropologist in a dialogue with key figures in the history of Western philosophy. Volume 1 features chapters on Plato, Augustine of Hippo, Niccolò Machiavelli, Thomas Hobbes, Blaise Pascal, Baruch Spinoza, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Adam Smith, Immanuel Kant, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, Alexis de Tocqueville, Søren Kierkegaard , as well as René Girard. Volume 2 features chapters on the pre-Socratics, Aristotle, René Descartes, Friedrich Nietzsche, Carl Schmitt, Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, Emmanuel Levinas, Simone Weil, Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, and Giorgio Agamben"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Plato
- Augustine of Hippo
- Niccolò Machiavelli
- Thomas Hobbes
- Blaise Pascal
- Baruch Spinoza
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Adam Smith
- Immanuel Kant
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
- Alexis de Tocqueville
- Søren Kierkegaard
- René Girard
- Contributors.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-62895-525-2
- 1-60917-764-9
- OCLC:
- 1436831800
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