All Desire is a Desire for Being

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All Desire is a Desire for Being
83,00 lei

Categorii: Necatalogate

Limba: Engleza

Data publicării: 2023

Editura: Penguin Classics

Tip copertă: Paperback

Nr Pag: 352

ISBN: 9780241543238

Dimensiuni: l: 12.9cm | H: 19.7cm | 2.1cm | 250g

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All Desire is a Desire for Being
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A new selection of foundational works from the influential philosopher who developed the theory of mimetic desire

Why do humans have such a remarkable capacity for conflict? From ancient foundational myths to the modern era, the visionary thinker Rene Girard identified the constant, competing desires at the heart of our existence - desires that we copy from others, igniting a contagious violence. This remarkable and accessible new selection of Girard's work shows him as a writer for our times, as he ranges over human imitation and rivalry, herd behaviour, scapegoating and how our violent longings play out in stories, from Shakespeare to religion.

'The explosion of social media, the resurgence of populism, and the increasing virulence of reciprocal violence all suggest that the contemporary world is becoming more and more recognizably "Girardian" in its behaviour' The New York Review of Books

Edited with an Introduction by Cynthia L. Haven

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