Girard

The Scapegoat

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ISBN 13:: 9780801839177
author:: Girard
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Johns Hopkins University Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 1989
Pages:: 232
Dimensions:: 22.9 x 15.1 x 1.7 cm
Genre:: Literature
Condition:: New
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The Scapegoat by René Girard René Girard, a renowned critic of our time, explores the concept of "texts of persecution" in this thought-provoking work. Girard examines documents that recount phenomena of collective violence, such as medieval poet Guillaume de Machaut's Judgement of the King of Navarre, which blames the Jews for the Black Death and describes their mass murder. Girard draws parallels between persecution texts and myths, particularly the myth of Oedipus, finding striking similarities in themes and structures. He proposes that myths may regularly conceal texts of persecution, and that the Christian Passion provides a model interpretation that has enabled Western culture to demystify its own violence. In The Scapegoat, Girard develops a powerful theory of history and culture, arguing that Christ's rejection of guilt breaks the mythic cycle of violence and the sacred, revealing the scapegoat as the Lamb of God.

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