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Violence and the Sacred
- Author
- René Girard
- Narrator
- Peter Noble
- Publisher
- Highbridge Company
- Publish Date
- 21 May 2024
- Run Time
- 17 hours 48 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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- Author
- René Girard
- Narrator
- Peter Noble
- Duration
- 17 hours 48 minutes
- Release Date
- 21 May 2024
- ISBN
- 9781696614016
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Highbridge Company
- Genre
- Ethics and moral philosophy, Religion and beliefs
Synopsis
Violence and the Sacred is René 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 and pogroms propagated by contemporary states illustrate his central argument that violence belongs to everyone and is at the heart of the sacred.
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