Evolution of Desire

A Life of René Girard

Cynthia L Haven (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

344 Seiten

2018
Michigan State University Press (Verlag)
978-1-61186-283-6 (ISBN)

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René Girard (1923–2015) was one of the leading thinkers of our era—a provocative sage who bypassed prevailing orthodoxies to offer a bold, sweeping vision of human nature, human history, and human destiny. His oeuvre, offering a “mimetic theory” of cultural origins and human behavior, inspired such writers as Milan Kundera and J. M. Coetzee, and earned him a place among the forty “immortals” of the Académie Française. Too often, however, his work is considered only within various academic specializations. This first-ever biographical study takes a wider view. Cynthia L. Haven traces the evolution of Girard’s thought in parallel with his life and times. She recounts his formative years in France and his arrival in a country torn by racial division, and reveals his insights into the collective delusions of our technological world and the changing nature of warfare. Drawing on interviews with Girard and his colleagues, Evolution of Desire: A Life of René Girard provides an essential introduction to one of the twentieth century’s most controversial and original minds.

CYNTHIA L. HAVEN writes regularly for The Times Literary Supplement, and has also contributed to The Nation, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and many others. She is also the author of several books, including volumes on Nobel poets Czesław Miłosz and Joseph Brodsky.

Contents Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Magnetic North Chapter 3. Dark Times in the City of Light Chapter 4. Everything Is Possible Chapter 5. Mankind Is Not so Kind Chapter 6. The Pleasure of His Company Chapter 7. Everything Came to Me at Once Chapter 8. The French Invasion Chapter 9. Le Système-Girard Chapter 10. The Zero Hour of Culture Chapter 11. Lotus Land Chapter 12. The New Darwin of the Human Sciences Chapter 13. Who Asks about the Souls of These Men? Chapter 14. Terra Incognita Postscript: Hand in Hand Acknowledgments Chronology Notes Index

Erscheinungsdatum	30.03.2018
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Violence, Mimesis & Culture
Zusatzinfo	32
Verlagsort	East Lansing, MI
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	1-61186-283-3 / 1611862833
ISBN-13	978-1-61186-283-6 / 9781611862836
Zustand	Neuware