All desire is a desire for being

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Sinopse

How we are motivated to imitate wanting what others desire—Girard’s theory primed for the social media age.A Penguin ClassicRené Girard eludes easy categories, bridging the fields of literary criticism, anthropology, sociology, history, religion and theology. Influencing such writers as J. M. Coetzee and Milan Kundera, his insight into contagious violence looks ever more prophetic and relevant seven years after his death. In many ways he is the thinker for our modern world of social media and herd behavior. In this newly selected collection of writings, Cynthia L. Haven has created an approachable anthology of his work, addressing Girard's thoughts on the nature of desire, human imitation and rivalry, the causes of conflict and violence, the deep structure of religion and cultural subjects like opera and theatre. Girard spoke in language that was engaging, accessible and often controversial. A long-time friend and colleague, Haven shines a spotlight on his role as a public intellectual and profound theorist, inviting a new generation to his corpus.

Participantes

Autor: Rene Girard

Organizador: Cynthia L. Haven

Autor

RENE GIRARD

René Girard, esse imortal da Academia Francesa, chamado por alguns “o Darwin das ciências humanas”, revolucionou os estudos em antropologia, literatura comparada, história das religiões e psicanálise com a sua Teoria Mimética. Suas dezenas de livros articulam e revisitam brilhantemente obras grandes e díspares como as de Lévi-Strauss, Marcel Mauss, Miguel de Cervantes, Dostoiévski, Mircea Eliade, Rudolf Otto, Sigmund Freud, Jacques Lacan e muitos outros. Foi professor da Universidade de Stanford, nos EUA. Faleceu em 2015.