Violence and the Sacred is René 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.
René Girard (1923-) was Andrew B. Hammond Professor Emeritus of French Language, Literature, and Civilization at Stanford University, USA, from 1981 to his retirement in 1995. A historian, literary critic and philosopher, he is the author of over 30 books including Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World.
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Acknowledgements1.Sacrifice2.The Sacrificial Crisis3.Oedipus and the Surrogate Victim4.The Origins of Myth and Ritual5.Dionysus6.From Mimetic Desire to the Monstrous Double7.Freud and the Oedipus Complex8.Totem and Taboo and the Incest Prohibition9.Levi-Strauss, Structuralism and the Marriage Laws10.The Gods, the Dead, the Sacred and Sacrificial Substitution11.The Unity of All RitesConclusionBibliographyIndex
