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René Girard

René Noël Théophile Girard (/ʒiˈrɑrd/; French: [ʒiʁaʁ]; December 25, 1923 – November 4, 2015) was a French historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science whose work belongs to the tradition of anthropological philosophy. Girard was the author of nearly thirty books (see below), with his writings spanning many academic domains. Although the reception of his work is different in each of these areas, there is a growing body of secondary literature on his work and his influence on disciplines such as literary criticism, critical theory, anthropology, theology, psychology, mythology, sociology, economics, cultural studies, and philosophy.
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French historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science

Born 1923
Died 2015

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  • Cover of: Violence and the sacred

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  • Cover of: Deceit, desire, and the novel: self and other in literary structure.

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  • Cover of: Sartre: a collection of critical essays

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  • Cover of: Le bouc émissaire

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  • Cover of: Things hidden since the foundation of the world

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    First published in 1963 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Battling to the End: Conversations with Benoît Chantre

    First published in 2007 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: La route antique des hommes pervers

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  • Cover of: Evolution and Conversion: Dialogues on the Origins of Culture

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  • Cover of: Lenz, 1751-1792: genèse d'une dramaturgie du tragi-comique

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  • Cover of: Critique dans un souterrain

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  • Cover of: Proust: a collection of critical essays.

    First published in 1962 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: The Bible, violence, and the sacred: liberation from the myth of sanctioned violence

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  • Cover of: A theater of envy: William Shakespeare

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  • Cover of: "To double business bound": essays on literature, mimesis, and anthropology

    First published in 1978 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: I See Satan Fall Like Lightning

    First published in 1999 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Sacrifice

    First published in 2003 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: One by Whom Scandal Comes

    First published in 2001 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Violence, the Sacred, and Things Hidden: Discussion with René Girard at Esprit

    First published in 2021 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Conversations with René Girard: Prophet of Envy

    First published in 2020 — 3 editions
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French historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science

Born 1923
Died 2015

Subjects

Violence, Religious aspects, Christianity, Sacrifice, Interviews, Scapegoat, Violence, religious aspects, Desire in literature, History and criticism, Mimesis in literature, Myth, Philosophy, Religious aspects of Violence, Rites and ceremonies, Bible, Bouc émissaire, Criticism and interpretation, Girard, rene, 1923-2015, Religion and culture, Anthropology, Aspect religieux, Christianisme, Criticism, interpretation, Critique et interprétation, Culture

Places

France, England, Lorraine, Lorraine (France)

People

René Girard (1923-), Jesus Christ, René Girard (1923-2015), Albert Camus (1913-1960), Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831), Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881), J. M.R. Lenz (1751-1792), Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751-1792), Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), Job (Biblical figure), Marcel Proust (1871-1922), Sophocles, William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Time

20th century, 168 B.C.-135 A.D., 17e siècle, Early church, ca. 30-600

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September 16, 2022 Edited by mheiman Cleaned up alternate names
September 16, 2022 Edited by mheiman merge authors
August 8, 2022 Edited by mheiman merge authors
July 10, 2022 Edited by Drini merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import