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Violence and the Sacred is Ren Girard's landmark study of human evil. Here 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... Read Full Overview

Violence and the Sacred is Ren Girard's landmark study of human evil. Here 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... Read Full Overview

Auteur du tr s bel essai de critique litt raire Mensonge romantique et v rit romanesque, Ren Girard, qui enseigne dans une grande universit am ricaine, se propose dans son nouvel ouvrage, La Violence et le Sacr , de remonter jusqu'aux origines de tout l' difice culturel et... Read Full Overview

Ren 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... Read Full Overview