| Violence and the Sacred Contributor(s): Girard, René (Author), Gregory, Patrick (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0801822181 ISBN-13: 9780801822186 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $29.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1979 Annotation: This brilliant study of good and evil examines the presence of ritual violence in sacred ceremony. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Customs & Traditions - Religion | Biblical Studies - History & Culture - Social Science | Violence In Society |
| Dewey: 306.4 |
| LCCN: 77004539 |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5.87" W x 8.98" (1.03 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Violence and the Sacred is Ren Girard's landmark study of human evil. Here Girard explores violence as it is represented and occurs throughout history, literature and myth. Girard's forceful and thought-provoking analyses of Biblical narrative, Greek tragedy and the lynchings and pogroms propagated by contemporary states illustrate his central argument that violence belongs to everyone and is at the heart of the sacred. |