How we became human : mimetic theory and the science of evolutionary origins /

From his groundbreaking Violence and the Sacred and Things Hidden since the Foundation of the World, Ren ̌Girard's mimetic theory is presented as elucidating "the origins of culture." He posits that archaic religion (or "the sacred"), particularly in its dynamics of sacrific...

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Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Language notes:English.
Imprint: East Lansing, MI : Michigan State University Press, 2015.
Series:Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture.
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