Violence and the Sacred
Violence and the Sacred

Author: René Girard

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2005-04-13

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 0826477186

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René Girard (1923-) was Professor of French Language, Literature and Civilization at Stanford Unviersity from 1981 until his retirement in 1995. Violence and the Sacred is Girard's brilliant study of human evil. Girard explores violence as it is represented and occurs throughout history, literature and myth. Girard's forceful and thought-provoking analyses of Biblical narrative, Greek tragedy and the lynchings and pogroms propagated by contemporary states illustrate his central argument that violence belongs to everyone and is at the heart of the sacred. Translated by Patrick Gregory>

The Sacred in the Modern World
The Sacred in the Modern World

Author: Gordon Lynch

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2012-02-16

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 0199557012

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Re-interpreting Durkheim's theory of the sacred, this book sets out a theory of the sacred for use across a range of humanities and social science disciplines and draws on contemporary case study material to show how sacred forms - whether in 'religious' or 'secular' guise - continue to shape social life in the modern world.

Sacred Fury
Sacred Fury

Author: Charles Selengut

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2017-01-12

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 1442276851

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From ISIS attacks to the conflict between Israel and Palestine, Sacred Fury explores the connections between faith and violence in world religions. Author Charles Selengut looks at religion as both a force for peace and for violence, and he asks key questions such as how “religious” is this violence and what drives the faithful to attack in the names of their beliefs? Revised throughout, the third edition features new material on violence in Buddhism and Hinduism, the rise of ISIS, “lone wolf terrorists,” and more. This up-to-date edition draws on a variety of disciplines to comprehend forms of religious violence both historically and in the present day. The third edition of Sacred Fury is an essential resource for understanding the connections between faith and violence.

Beyond Sacred Violence
Beyond Sacred Violence

Author: Kathryn McClymond

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2008-07-02

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 0801887763

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Argues that the modern Western world's reductive understanding of sacrifice simplifies an enormously broad and dynamic cluster of religious activities, drawing on a comparative study of Vedic and Jewish sacrificial practices to demonstrate not only that sacrifice has no single, essential, identifying characteristic, but also that the elements most frequently attributed to such acts--death and violence--are not universal.

Philosophy's Violent Sacred
Philosophy's Violent Sacred

Author: Duane Armitage

Publisher:

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9781611863871

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"This book critiques the postmodernism and Continental philosophy of Heidegger and Nietzche through the lens of the mimetic theory of Rene Girard"--

Sacred Violence
Sacred Violence

Author: Brent D. Shaw

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-09

Total Pages: 931

ISBN-13: 0521196051

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Employs the sectarian battles which divided African Christians in late antiquity to explore the nature of violence in religious conflicts.

The (De)Legitimization of Violence in Sacred and Human Contexts
The (De)Legitimization of Violence in Sacred and Human Contexts

Author: Muhammad Shafiq

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-01-21

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 3030511251

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This book provides a multidisciplinary commentary on a wide range of religious traditions and their relationship to acts of violence. Hate and violence occur at every level of human interaction, as do peace and compassion. Scholars of religion have a particular obligation to make sense out of this situation, tracing its history and variables, and drawing lessons for the future. From the formative periods of the religious traditions to their application in the contemporary world, the essays in this volume interrogate the views on violence found within the traditions and provide examples of religious practices that exacerbate or ameliorate situations of conflict.

Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World
Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World

Author: René Girard

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2003-01-01

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 0826468535

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Presenting an original global theory of culture, Girard explores the social function of violence and the mechanism of the social scapegoat. His vision is a challenge to conventional views of literature, anthropology, religion and psychoanalysis. Rene Gerard is the Andrew B. Hammond Professor Emeritus of French Language, Literature and Civilization at Stanford University, USA.

Sacred Violence
Sacred Violence

Author: Jill N. Claster

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 1442600608

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In Sacred Violence, Jill N. Claster brings new insight and focus to the history of the crusades. The book includes an 8-page color insert of illustrations, 12 maps, over 25 black-and-white illustrations, a chronology of the crusades, and a list of rulers.

Battling to the End
Battling to the End

Author: René Girard

Publisher: MSU Press

Published: 2009-12-15

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 1609171330

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In Battling to the End René Girard engages Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831), the Prussian military theoretician who wrote On War. Clausewitz, who has been critiqued by military strategists, political scientists, and philosophers, famously postulated that "War is the continuation of politics by other means." He also seemed to believe that governments could constrain war. Clausewitz, a firsthand witness to the Napoleonic Wars, understood the nature of modern warfare. Far from controlling violence, politics follows in war's wake: the means of war have become its ends. René Girard shows us a Clausewitz who is a fascinated witness of history's acceleration. Haunted by the French-German conflict, Clausewitz clarifies more than anyone else the development that would ravage Europe. Battling to the End pushes aside the taboo that prevents us from seeing that the apocalypse has begun. Human violence is escaping our control; today it threatens the entire planet.