Paul Dumouchel is Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan.

Paul Dumouchel is a subtle, powerful, and profoundly original thinker. He has an uncommon knack for making us look at the most basic social facts with different eyes. Taking mimetic theory in new directions, this book uncovers the hidden logic behind the economic and political transformations of our time.—Mark R. Anspach, editor of Oedipus Unbound: Selected Writings on Rivalry and Desire by René Girard

• Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. On Economy and Economics The Ambivalence of Scarcity Indifference and Envy: Girard and the Anthropological Analysis of Modern Economy A Mimetic Rereading of Helmut Schoeck’s Envy: A Theory of Social Behaviour Homo mimeticus as an Economic Agent Part 2. On Mimetic Theory Mimetism and Autonomy Violence and Nonviolence Differences and Paradoxes: Reflections on Love and Violence in Girard’s Work Creation and Conversion in Girard Mimetic Theory: Concepts and Models “De la méconnaissance” Part 3. On Violence and Politics in Modern Societies Hobbes: The Sovereignty Race Ijime From Scapegoat to God Violence and Indifference Mimetism and Genocides Suicide Attacks: Military and Social Aspects Inside Out: Political Violence in the Age of Globalization Conclusion: Ethics, Economics, and the State Notes Bibliography Index

Paul Dumouchel is Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan.

Paul Dumouchel is a subtle, powerful, and profoundly original thinker. He has an uncommon knack for making us look at the most basic social facts with different eyes. Taking mimetic theory in new directions, this book uncovers the hidden logic behind the economic and political transformations of our time.—Mark R. Anspach, editor of Oedipus Unbound: Selected Writings on Rivalry and Desire by René Girard

• Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. On Economy and Economics The Ambivalence of Scarcity Indifference and Envy: Girard and the Anthropological Analysis of Modern Economy A Mimetic Rereading of Helmut Schoeck’s Envy: A Theory of Social Behaviour Homo mimeticus as an Economic Agent Part 2. On Mimetic Theory Mimetism and Autonomy Violence and Nonviolence Differences and Paradoxes: Reflections on Love and Violence in Girard’s Work Creation and Conversion in Girard Mimetic Theory: Concepts and Models “De la méconnaissance” Part 3. On Violence and Politics in Modern Societies Hobbes: The Sovereignty Race Ijime From Scapegoat to God Violence and Indifference Mimetism and Genocides Suicide Attacks: Military and Social Aspects Inside Out: Political Violence in the Age of Globalization Conclusion: Ethics, Economics, and the State Notes Bibliography Index

Paul Dumouchel is Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan.

Paul Dumouchel is a subtle, powerful, and profoundly original thinker. He has an uncommon knack for making us look at the most basic social facts with different eyes. Taking mimetic theory in new directions, this book uncovers the hidden logic behind the economic and political transformations of our time.—Mark R. Anspach, editor of Oedipus Unbound: Selected Writings on Rivalry and Desire by René Girard

• Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. On Economy and Economics The Ambivalence of Scarcity Indifference and Envy: Girard and the Anthropological Analysis of Modern Economy A Mimetic Rereading of Helmut Schoeck’s Envy: A Theory of Social Behaviour Homo mimeticus as an Economic Agent Part 2. On Mimetic Theory Mimetism and Autonomy Violence and Nonviolence Differences and Paradoxes: Reflections on Love and Violence in Girard’s Work Creation and Conversion in Girard Mimetic Theory: Concepts and Models “De la méconnaissance” Part 3. On Violence and Politics in Modern Societies Hobbes: The Sovereignty Race Ijime From Scapegoat to God Violence and Indifference Mimetism and Genocides Suicide Attacks: Military and Social Aspects Inside Out: Political Violence in the Age of Globalization Conclusion: Ethics, Economics, and the State Notes Bibliography Index