All Desire is a Desire for Being (Penguin Modern Classics) - Softcover

Girard, René

 
9780241543238: All Desire is a Desire for Being (Penguin Modern Classics)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0241543231 ISBN 13: 9780241543238
Verlag: Penguin Classics, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

A new selection of foundational works from the influential philosopher who developed the theory of mimetic desire

Why do humans have such a remarkable capacity for conflict? From ancient foundational myths to the modern era, the visionary thinker Rene Girard identified the constant, competing desires at the heart of our existence - desires that we copy from others, igniting a contagious violence. This remarkable and accessible new selection of Girard's work shows him as a writer for our times, as he ranges over human imitation and rivalry, herd behaviour, scapegoating and how our violent longings play out in stories, from Shakespeare to religion.

'The explosion of social media, the resurgence of populism, and the increasing virulence of reciprocal violence all suggest that the contemporary world is becoming more and more recognizably "Girardian" in its behaviour' The New York Review of Books

Edited with an Introduction by Cynthia L. Haven

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

René Girard (1923-2015) was a French-born American historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science whose work belongs to the tradition of anthropological philosophy. He was a member of the elite Académie Française for his ground-breaking work in human nature after having spent nearly fifty years elaborating his theory of mimetic desire.

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Verlag
Penguin Classics
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0241543231
ISBN 13 
9780241543238
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
336
Herausgeber
Haven Cynthia L.
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