Mimetic Theory and Its Shadow - Girard, Milbank, and Ontological Violence

"Cowdell shows how Girard's vision of human transformation through faith in Christ reveals a different world beyond ontological violence while preserving the divine participation that Milbank champions"--

A propos de l'auteur

Scott Cowdell is research professor in theology at Charles Sturt University in Canberra, Australia; canon theologian of the Canberra and Goulburn Anglican Diocese; and the author of ten books. He is on the editorial board of Contagion; co-edits the Bloomsbury Academic series Violence, Desire, and the Sacred; and is founding president of the Australian Girard Seminar.

Résumé

Leading Girardian theologian Scott Cowdell seeks to resolve a long-standing challenge to mimetic theory: that it entails a fundamental brutishness—an ontological violence.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Scott Cowdell
• Edition: Michigan state university pres
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.08.2023
• EAN: 9781611864649
• ISBN: 978-1-61186-464-9
• Pages: 208
• Thèmes: Studies in Violence, Mimesis &; Studies in Violence, Mimesis & Culture
• Catégorie: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Philosophie: général, ouvrages de référence