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Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World

Paperback • 2016 • 1. edition

Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World

By René Girard

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Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World presents a highly original global theory of culture. Here, in his greatest work, Rene Girard explores the function of violence, mimetic desire and the mechanism of the scapegoat, in the history of society and religion. Girard's vision is a brilliant and devastating challenge to conventional views of literature, anthropology, philosophy and psychoanalysis.

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9781474268431

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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published year

2016

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1

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Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World

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Paperback

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