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Violence and the Sacred

Paperback • 1979 • English

Violence and the Sacred

By René Girard

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About the book

"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.'

Philosophy and Religion
Philosophy

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ISBN

9780801822186

Publisher

Johns Hopkins University Press

Published year

1979

Language

English

Original title

Violence and the Sacred

Format

Paperback

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