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1	Deceit, Desire, and the Novel: Self and Other in Literary Structure more books like this by Rene Girard, Professor Rena(c) Girard, Professor Yvonne Freccero (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from £12.45! new only from £14.33! \| first editions
2	Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World more books like this by Rene Girard, Michael Metteer (Translator), Stephen Bann (Translator) add to wishlist This is the single fullest summation of the ideas of one of the most eminent and controversial cultural theorists of our time. see all copies from £18.07! new only from £19.92!
3	Violence and the Sacred more books like this by Rene Girard, Professor Reni Girard, Patrick Gregory (Translator) add to wishlist "His fascinating and ambitious book provides a fully developed theory of violence as the `heart and secret soul' of the sacred. Girard's fertile, combative mind links myth to prophetic writing, primitive religions to classical tragedy."--Victor Brombert, 'Chronicle of Higher Education.' see all copies from £8.26! new only from £12.56! \| first editions
4	The Scapegoat more books like this by Rene Girard add to wishlist "[Girard's] methods of extrapolating to find cultural history behind myths, and of reading hidden verification through silence, are worthy enrichments of the critic's arsenal."--John Yoder, 'Religion and Literature.' see all copies from £11.52! new only from £12.93!
5	Evolution and Conversion: Dialogues on the Origins of Culture more books like this by Rene Girard, Joao Cezar De Castro Rocha, Pierpaolo Antonello add to wishlist Presented as a series of conversations, "Evolution and Conversion" is a thorough discussion of the major tenets of Girard's thought.Rene Girard is one of the most brilliant and striking intellectuals of the 20th century. His theory on the imitative nature of desire and on the violent origin of culture has been at the centre of the philosophical ... see all copies from £18.52! new only from £18.52!
6	To Double Business Bound: Essays on Literature, Mimesis, and Anthropology more books like this by Rene Girard add to wishlist An individual desires an object, not for itself, but because another individual also desires it. This mimetic desire, Rene Girard contends, lies at the source of all human disorder and order. In brilliant readings of Dante, Camus, Nietzsche, Dostoevski, Levi-Strauss, Freud, and others, Girard draws out the thesis of mimetic desire -- and ponders ... see all copies from £7.66! new only from £15.12!
7	Girard Reader more books like this by Rene Girard, James G Williams (Editor), James Wiliams (Editor) add to wishlist In one volume, an anthology of the seminal work of one of the twentieth century's most original thinkers. see all copies from £14.11! new only from £15.83! \| signed copies
8	I See Satan Fall Like Lightning more books like this by Rene Girard, James G Williams (Translator) add to wishlist Rene Girard holds up the gospels as mirrors that reveal our broken humanity, and shows that they also reflect a new reality that can make us whole. Like Simone Weil, Girard looks at the Bible as a map of human behavior, and sees Jesus Christ as the turning point leading to new life. The title echoes Jesus' words: "I saw Satan falling like ... see all copies from £13.84! new only from £13.84!
9	Oedipus Unbound: Selected Writings on Rivalry and Desire more books like this by Rene Girard, Mark R Anspach (Editor) add to wishlist Did Oedipus really kill his father and marry his mother? For Rene Girard, the mythic accusations of patricide and incest are symptomatic of a plague-stricken community's hunt for a culprit to punish, and in this work he aims to present the age-old myth in a new light. see all copies from £10.98! new only from £10.98!
10	A Theater of Envy: William Shakespeare more books like this by Rene Girard add to wishlist see all copies from £14.65! new only from £17.26! \| first editions
11 view cover	Violence Renounced: Rene Girard, Biblical Studies, and Peacemaking more books like this by Willard M Swartley (Editor), Rene Girard (Contributions by) add to wishlist see all copies from £8.85! new only from £8.85!
12 view cover	Job: The Victim of His People more books like this by Rene Girard, Professor Yvonne Freccero (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from £22.43! new only from £34.02! \| first editions
13	Proust: A Collection of Critical Essays more books like this by Rene Girard (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from £5.61! first editions
14	A Theatre of Envy: William Shakespeare more books like this by Rene Girard add to wishlist In this groundbreaking work, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics turns to the major figure in English literature, William Shakespeare, and proposes a dramatic new reading of nearly all his plays and poems. The key to A Theater of Envy is Rene Girard's novel reinterpretation of "mimesis." For Girard, people desire objects not for ... see all copies from £16.62! new only from £122.32! \| first editions
15	The secret sharers : studies in contemporary fictions more books like this by Bruce Bassoff add to wishlist see all copies from £7.25! new only from £27.66!
16 view cover	A Reinterpretation of Rousseau: A Religious System more books like this by Jeremiah Alberg, Rene Girard (Foreword by) add to wishlist In this radical reinterpretation of Rousseau, Jeremiah Alberg argues that the philosopher's system of thought is founded on theological scandal, and on Rousseau's inability to accept forgiveness. Alberg explores his views in relation to alternative forms of Christianity. see all copies from £41.18! new only from £41.18!
17 view cover	Mimesis and Theory: Essays on Literature and Criticism, 1953-2005 more books like this by Rene Girard, Robert Doran (Editor) add to wishlist "Mimesis and Theory" brings together twenty of Rene Girard's uncollected essays on literature and literary theory, which, along with his classic, Deceit, Desire, and the Novel, have left an indelible mark on the field of literary studies. Spanning over fifty years of critical production, this anthology offers unique insights into the origin, ... see all copies from £36.14! new only from £36.14!
18	Gospel and the Sacred more books like this by Robert G Hamerton-Kelly, Rene Girard (Foreword by) add to wishlist In six lucid chapters, the author displays a remarkable perspective on the inner workings of the Markan text. Taking the account of the cleansing of the Temple as his starting point, he describes the relation in Mark of the Sacred, violence, the scapegoat, and also the poetics of faith. see all copies from £14.96!
19	Literatura, Mimesis y Antropologia more books like this by Rene Girard add to wishlist see all copies from £24.22! new only from £24.22!
20	Alphonse Juilland: D'Une Passion L'Autre more books like this by Brigitte Cazelles (Editor), Rene Girard (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from £23.06!
21	La Violencia y Lo Sagrado by Rene Girard add to wishlist La obra de Rene Girard - situada en los confines de la critica literaria, la antropologia, la teologia, el psicoanalisis colectivo - ha provocado una profunda conmocion en el panorama cultural de la ultimas decadas.El proposito de La violencia y lo sagrado es remontar hasta los origenes de todo el edificio cultural y social que esta en el centro ... see all copies from £51.01! new only from £58.97!
22	Violent Origins more books like this by Robert G Hamerton-Kelly (Editor), Rene Girard (Photographer), Walter Burkert (Photographer) add to wishlist see all copies from £54.91! new only from £54.91!
23	Le bouc émissaire more books like this by René Girard add to wishlist see all copies from £19.94!
24	Detachment more books like this by Rene Girard (Designer), Michel Serres, Raymond Federman (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from £44.86! first editions
25	La Violence Et Le Sacre by Rene Girard add to wishlist see all copies from £16.83!

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