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By Rene Girard. Author Rene Girard. Short Title WHEN THESE THINGS BEGIN. Format Paperback. ISBN-13 9781611861105. ISBN-10 1611861101. Language English. We've got this.

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In this lively series of conversations with writer Michel Treguer, Rene Girard revisits the major concepts of mimetic theory and explores science, democracy, and the nature of God and freedom. Girard affirms that our unprecedented present is incomprehensible without Christianity. Globalisation has unified the world, yet civil war and terrorism persist despite free trade and economic growth. Because of mimetic desire and the rivalry it generates, asserts Girard, whether we're talking about marriage, friendship, professional relationships, issues with neighbours or matters of national unity, human relations are always under threat. Literary masters including Marivaux, Dostoevsky, and Joyce understood this, as did archaic religion, which warded off violence with blood sacrifice. Christianity brought a new understanding of sacrifice, giving rise not only to modern rationality and science but also to a fragile system that is, in Girard's words, always teetering between a new golden age and a destructive apocalypse. Treguer, a sceptic of mimetic theory, wonders: Is what he's telling me true...or is it just a nice story, a way of looking at things? In response, Girard makes a compelling case for his theory.

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Michigan STATE University Press
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9781611861105
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Book Title
When These Things Begin: Conversations with Michel Treguer
Author
Rene Girard
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Popular Philosophy
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
152 Pages

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Rene Girard
Series Title
Studies in Violence, Mimesis, and Culture
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