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Author Girard, René, 1923-2015.

Title When these things begin : conversations with Michel Treguer / René Girard ; translated by Trevor Cribben Merrill.

Publication Info. ©2014
East Lansing, Michigan : Michigan State University Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (153 pages).
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Physical Medium polychrome
Series Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture
Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary In this lively series of conversations with writer Michel Treguer, René 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." Globalization 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 neighbors or matters of national unity,
Contents ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1. A First Overview: Here and Now""; ""Chapter 2. Mimetic Desire: Shakespeare rather than Plato""; ""Chapter 3. The Mimetic Crisis: Sacrificial Worlds""; ""Chapter 4. The Bible""; ""Chapter 5. Christ (Orders and Disorders)""; ""Chapter 6. A Return to Imitation""; ""Chapter 7. Science""; ""Chapter 8. The One and the Many""; ""Chapter 9. Democracy""; ""Chapter 10. God, Freedom""; ""Chapter 11. Freud, and a Few Others""; ""Chapter 12. A Method, a Life, a Man""; ""Notes""; ""Index""
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Subject Girard, René, 1923-2015 -- Interviews.
Girard, René, 1923-2015.
Genre/Form Interviews.
Subject Intellectuals -- France -- Interviews.
Intellectuals.
France.
France -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Intellectual life.
Chronological Term 20th century
1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Interviews.
Other Form: Print version: Girard, René, 1923- When these things begin : conversations with Michel Treguer. East Lansing, Michigan : Michigan State University Press, ©2014 xii, 140 pages Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture. 9781611861105
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1611861101
9781611861105