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Evolution and conversion [electronic resource] : dialogues on the origins of culture / René Giard ; with Pierpaolo Antonello and João Cezar de Castro Rocha.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Bloomsbury revelationsPublication details: [London] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.Edition: Bloomsbury revelations edDescription: 1 online resource (xii, 202 p.)ISBN:
  • 9781350018266 (online)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BL65.C8 G57 2017
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued in print.
Summary: "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.
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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.

Also issued in print.

Electronic reproduction. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2014 dcunns

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