Rene Girard and the Western Philosophical Tradition, Volume 1

Andreas Wilmes, George A. Dunn

Rene Girard and the Western Philosophical Tradition, Volume 1
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Michigan State University Press
Country
United States
Published
1 July 2024
Pages
396
ISBN
9781611864953

Rene Girard and the Western Philosophical Tradition, Volume 1

Andreas Wilmes, George A. Dunn

This edited volume situates RenE Girard in relation to the Western philosophical tradition. Each chapter engages the French anthropologist in dialogue with a key figure from the history of Western philosophy, from Plato to Kierkegaard. The pivotal question of RenE Girard and the Western Philosophical Tradition revolves around Girard's assertion, "Since the attempt to understand religion on the basis of philosophy has failed, we ought to try the reverse method and read philosophy in the light of religion." Major philosophers influenced Girard and contributed valuable insights into questions of desire, religion, violence, and the sacred. At the same time, he felt that Western philosophy often, if not always, neglected the founding violence that lies at the origin of culture.

This is the first collective scholarly effort at situating RenE Girard in relation to the Western philosophical tradition. Volume 1 features chapters on Plato, Augustine of Hippo, NiccolO Machiavelli, Thomas Hobbes, Blaise Pascal, Baruch Spinoza, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Adam Smith, Immanuel Kant, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, Alexis de Tocqueville, SOren Kierkegaard, and RenE Girard.

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