Violence and the sacred
Auteur :
Girard, René
Éditeur :
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN :
9780801822186
Date de publication :
26 févr. 1979
Dimensions :
22,9 x 14,9 cm
Poids :
476 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.'