René Girard shares a conversation with Wolfgang Palaver on the topics of mimetic desire, apocalypse and the differences between religion in its ritual and in its doctrine. A conversation about the moving topics of our time: topical, intellectual, and stimulating. At the same time, an introduction to the world of thought of one of the most important thinkers of our time.
German title: Gewalt und Religion - Gespräche mit Wolfgang Palaver
ISBN: 978-3-88221-632-5 9783882216325
Publisher: Matthes & Seitz Berlin
Publication date: 2010
Series: Fröhliche Wissenschaft
Sold to: Greece, Italy, United States
René Girard, born in 1923 in Avignon, France, teaches French literaure and culture at Stanford university.