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Title: Evolution & Conversion: Dialogues on the Origins of Culture
Author: GIRARD RENE
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 23/02/2017
Imprint: BLOOMSBURY
Price: $30.00
Publishing status: Active
Evolution and Conversion explores the main tenets of Rene Girard’s thought in a series of dialogues. Here, Girard reflects on the evolution of his thought and offers striking new insights on topics such as violence, religion, desire and literature. His long argument is a historical one in which the origin of culture and religion is reunited in the contemporary world by means of a reinterpretation of Christianity and an understanding of the intrinsically violent nature of human beings. He also offers provocative re-readings of Biblical and literary texts and responds to statements by Daniel Dennett and Richard Dawkins. Including an introduction by the authors, this is a revealing text by one of the most original thinkers of our time.
Series: Bloomsbury Revelations
ISBN: 9781350018235
Weight: 306g
Dimension: 216mm X 138mm
Pages: 216