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A simply marvelous book; groundbreaking thinking about the gospels. In the beginning it was difficult to see where Girard was going. He liked to make claims and leave them unsupported, etc. But once he started into the Gospels and the Passion, everything made much more sense. The second half of the b Leggi tutto

If I could have sex with this book I would.

Book that has most changed my worldview in the past year.

Büyük bir toplumsal kriz deneyimi sırasında gerçek nedenlerle pek ilgilenilmez. Kriz, öncelikle toplumsalın krizi olduğundan, toplumsal ve ahlaki nedenlerle açıklanma yönünde güçlü bir eğilime maruz kalır. Nihayetinde, dağılıp parçalanan şey insan ilişkileridir. Fakat insan kendini suçlamak yerine t Leggi tutto

I did most of my phd work on Kenneth Burke. When someone recommended I read Girard, I soon realized that he was a disciple of Burke, and perhaps especially of Burke's key dictum about humanity, summed in his famous (well, at least among Burke fans) poem, namely that Here are the steps In the Iron La Leggi tutto

This was my first exploration of Girard’s approach to culture, mimetic desire, scapegoating, and how all of these are connected to the biblical narrative, in particular, to Christ and his Passion. This is not an easy book to read—not necessarily because of the writing (though it is unnecessarily obt Leggi tutto

Girard has changed my thinking forever.

Scritto in una particolare epoca storica, durante l'ennesima acutizzazione della Guerra Fredda, probabilmente forzando metodi interpretativi costruiti da Girard stesso (metodi che comunque sono affascinanti quanto spiazzanti, e forse rivelatori), con tocchi di autodifesa che non possono non far sorr Leggi tutto