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Things Hidden Since The Foundation Of The World by René Girard; research undertaken in collaboration with Jean-Michel Oughourlian and Guy Lefort is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.
What is Things Hidden Since The Foundation Of The World about?
An astonishing work of cultural criticism, this book is widely recognized as a brilliant and devastating challenge to conventional views of literature, anthropology, religion, and psychoanalysis. In its scope and itnerest it can be compared with Freud's <i>Totem and Taboo</i>, the subtext Girard refutes with polemic daring, vast erudition, and a persuasiveness that leaves the reader compelled to respond, one way or another.<br> <br> This is the single fullest summation of Girard's ideas to date,
Who reads Things Hidden Since The Foundation Of The World?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- René Girard; research undertaken in collaboration with Jean-Michel Oughourlian and Guy Lefort
- Publisher
- Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press
- Published
- 1987
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780804714037
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Christian, Religion
- Rating
- 4.29 / 5 (202 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
Other editions & translations
- Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World (Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers S) (2003)
- Des Choses Cachées Depuis la Fondation Du Monde (1978)
- Des Choses Cachées Depuis la Fondation Du Monde (2001)
- Des choses cachées depuis la fondation du monde : recherches avec Jean-Michel Oughourlian et Guy Lefort (1987)
- Things Hidden Since The Foundation Of The World (european Thought) (1987)
- Des Choses Cachées Depuis la Fondation Du Monde (2013)
- Des Choses Cachées Depuis la Fondation Du Monde (1987)
- Des choses cachées depuis la fondation du monde : recherches avec Jean-Michel Oughourlian et Guy Lefort (2013)
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