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Violence and the Sacred by René Girard is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Violence and the Sacred about?
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.
Who reads Violence and the Sacred?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- René Girard
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781472529251
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Anthropology, Christian
- Rating
- 4.09 / 5 (484 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- Violence and the Sacred (1979)
- Violence and the Sacred (Bloomsbury Revelations) (2013)
- La Violence et le Sacré (1972)
- Violence and the Sacred (Continuum Impacts) (2005)
- Насилие и священное: La violence et le sacré (2000)
- Насилие и священное: La violence et le sacré (2010)
- Violence and the Sacred (Continuum Impacts) (1977)
- Violence and the Sacred (1977)
- Violence and the Sacred (1988)
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