Beschreibung:
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.
Includes an introduction by the editors Pierpaolo Antonello and Joao Cezar Castro Rocha.
ContentsAcknowledgementsForewordIntroduction: 'One long argument from the beginning to the end'Pierpaolo Antonello and Joao Cezar Castro Rocha1 The Life of the Mind2 'A Theory by Which to Work': The Mimetic Mechanism3 The Symbolic Species4 Dialogues and Criticism: From Frazer to Levi-Strauss5 Method, Evidence and Truth6 The Scandal of Christianity7 Modernity, Postmodernity and BeyondChronology of Girard's LifeList of Girard's PublicationsIndex