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Violence and the Sacred by Girard, René, 1923- is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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\"His fascinating and ambitious book provides a fully developed theory of violence as the 'heart and secret soul' of the sacred. Girard's fertile, combative mind links myth to prophetic writing, primitive religions to classical tragedy.\"--Victor Brombert, 'Chronicle of Higher Education.', Issue: 0, Includes index, Bibliography: p. 319-323, Translation of: La violence et le sacré
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- Author
- Girard, René, 1923-
- Publisher
- Baltimore ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press
- Published
- 1986
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- History, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.09 / 5 (484 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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