Evolution and Conversion
Evolution and Conversion

Author: René Girard

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2017-02-23

Total Pages: 215

ISBN-13: 1350018244

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Evolution and Conversion explores the main tenets of René 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.

Evolution and Conversion
Evolution and Conversion

Author: René Girard

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 9781350018266

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"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."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

The Infinite Evolution - Conversion
The Infinite Evolution - Conversion

Author: Erik C. Johnson

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2012-01-19

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 1105087050

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A father, raising a thirteen-year-old daughter named Jade, gets involved in a galactic journey, which they could have never imagined. In the year 2039, Spencer starts his day fulfilling his morning routines. His life soon changes as he realizes all Earthlings are just a minuscule part of something much larger. Jade finds comfort in an android named Adam, and soon afterwards encounters an alien race who unwilling learns the truth about their own ancestral heritage. Spencer quickly finds himself infatuated with a woman, who is literally from out of this world. Confused with his newfound love, Spencer needs to make a decision: does he pursue these feelings or bury them deep inside? As both Spencer and Jade move into their journeys, hoping to someday understand what their contribution to life really is, they find themselves in a world no longer their own. Before long epic events are put into motion changing the fate of everything and everyone who resides in the Milky Way.

Evolution of Desire
Evolution of Desire

Author: Cynthia L Haven

Publisher: MSU Press

Published: 2018-04-01

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 1628953306

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René Girard (1923–2015) was one of the leading thinkers of our era—a provocative sage who bypassed prevailing orthodoxies to offer a bold, sweeping vision of human nature, human history, and human destiny. His oeuvre, offering a “mimetic theory” of cultural origins and human behavior, inspired such writers as Milan Kundera and J. M. Coetzee, and earned him a place among the forty “immortals” of the Académie Française. Too often, however, his work is considered only within various academic specializations. This first-ever biographical study takes a wider view. Cynthia L. Haven traces the evolution of Girard’s thought in parallel with his life and times. She recounts his formative years in France and his arrival in a country torn by racial division, and reveals his insights into the collective delusions of our technological world and the changing nature of warfare. Drawing on interviews with Girard and his colleagues, Evolution of Desire: A Life of René Girard provides an essential introduction to one of the twentieth century’s most controversial and original minds.

DE EVOLUTION
DE EVOLUTION

Author: Jeff Frank

Publisher: Page Publishing Inc

Published: 2016-12-22

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 1684096626

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A large sophisticated telescope complex sits atop a dormant volcano in one of Earth's most remote locations. Some incredibly bright but fiercely independent folks operate it much of the time. They detect, map, and perform threat analysis of near-Earth objects. Shortly after the world narrowly escapes an extinction event, they start collecting pieces of a related cosmic puzzle. When they've connected enough of them, an intriguing and disturbing picture emerges. Yet the most revealing pieces don't reveal themselves until after all life on Earth already has begun marching in lockstep toward possible oblivion.

Attachment, Evolution, and the Psychology of Religion
Attachment, Evolution, and the Psychology of Religion

Author: Lee A. Kirkpatrick

Publisher: Guilford Press

Published: 2005-01-01

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 9781593850883

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In this provocative and engaging book, Lee Kirkpatrick establishes a broad, comprehensive framework for approaching the psychology of religion from an evolutionary perspective. Kirkpatrick argues that religion is a collection of byproducts of numerous psychological mechanisms and systems that evolved for other functions.

Genomic Evolution
Genomic Evolution

Author: M. Prakash

Publisher: Discovery Publishing House

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9788183561938

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This book is the outcome of the dissertation submitted to Berhampur University in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy. And it deals with the need and importance of tourism on economic development. The importance of tourism as a contributor of economic growth is so widely accepted that year after year throughout the world. Now however, an account of fast expansion of tourism, a large number of economic benefits are flowing from this industry. The study highlights the tourism potential at Chilika Lake, Orissa, India. And mainly deals on the influence of socio-economic variables on demand for recreation in Chilika, to appreciate the willingness to pay of tourists for conservation and protection of Chilika, and estimate the total recreation value of the lake. It is hoped that the book will be immensely useful in guiding the policy makers, planners, administrators, environmentalist and researchers in formulating policy paradigms in India.