Duane Armitage is associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania.

“Duane Armitage masterfully deploys Girard to show that Nietzsche, Heidegger, and the continental and postmodern philosophy that are based on their ideas are rooted in an unacknowledged celebration of ritual violence, one explicitly formulated in terms of power in Nietzsche and less transparently in Heidegger’s critique of reason, metaphysics, and theology.” —DAVID H. CALHOUN, professor of philosophy,Gonzaga University

• Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. The Sacred as Violence Chapter 2. Nietzsche’s Religious Hermeneutics Chapter 3. Heidegger’s Violent Sacred Chapter 4. A Girardian Critique of Postmodernity Notes Bibliography Index

Duane Armitage is associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania.

“Duane Armitage masterfully deploys Girard to show that Nietzsche, Heidegger, and the continental and postmodern philosophy that are based on their ideas are rooted in an unacknowledged celebration of ritual violence, one explicitly formulated in terms of power in Nietzsche and less transparently in Heidegger’s critique of reason, metaphysics, and theology.” —DAVID H. CALHOUN, professor of philosophy,Gonzaga University

• Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. The Sacred as Violence Chapter 2. Nietzsche’s Religious Hermeneutics Chapter 3. Heidegger’s Violent Sacred Chapter 4. A Girardian Critique of Postmodernity Notes Bibliography Index

Duane Armitage is associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania.

“Duane Armitage masterfully deploys Girard to show that Nietzsche, Heidegger, and the continental and postmodern philosophy that are based on their ideas are rooted in an unacknowledged celebration of ritual violence, one explicitly formulated in terms of power in Nietzsche and less transparently in Heidegger’s critique of reason, metaphysics, and theology.” —DAVID H. CALHOUN, professor of philosophy,Gonzaga University

• Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. The Sacred as Violence Chapter 2. Nietzsche’s Religious Hermeneutics Chapter 3. Heidegger’s Violent Sacred Chapter 4. A Girardian Critique of Postmodernity Notes Bibliography Index