To Double Business Bound: Essays on Literature, Mimesis and Anthropology

by René Girard (Author)

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  1988

  $29.01

  Girard fuses literary, psychological, and anthropological texts in order to view the activity of mimesis. This includes the phenomena of scapegoating, victimage, and sacrifice. They, in turn, serve as starting points for a breathtakingly daring and encompassing theory of the origins of human culture. In an era of interdisciplinary studies, this volume stands alone. -- Choice.