Browsing by Subject "Girard"

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    De lo sagrado a lo político: el inexplorado debate Gauchet-Girard
    (2016) Gonzalez Hernandez, D.; Trabajo Social
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    Imitación, violencia e historia en René Girard
    (Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2024) Martínez Albarracín, Francisco
    René Girard is a key thinker for understanding violence in contemporary society. This article analyses three key concepts in René Girard's theory that are essential for an analysis of the relationship between religion and politics in his thought. We will focus on four of his major works, which cover the main themes that have always interested him. Violence and the Sacred, and later works such as The Mystery of Our World and He Through Whom Scandal Comes, in which he revises his theory, criticises the sacrificial conception of Christianity, and addresses psychoanalytical questions. Finally, in Clausewitz at the Extremes, he reflects on the relationship between violence and truth. He also examines how violence is reflected in literature, emphasising its connection with tragedy. Girard also criticises the disintegration of sacrificial practices in Western culture and proposes mimetic anthropology as a tool for understanding violence in modernity.