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Wolfgang Palaver

Teoksen René Girard's Mimetic Theory tekijä

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Wolfgang Palaver is Professor of Catholic Social Thought and Chair of the Institute for Systematic Theology at the University of Innsbruck. He is a member of the advisory board of Imitatio, a nonprofit organization dedicated to Ren Girard's mimetic theory.

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As a comprehensive and lucid summary of Rene Girard's theory of mimetic violence, this book is peerless. Whether it constitutes an "introduction" to Girard's ideas is more problematic. This has more to do with Girard's ideas than Palaver's explanation of them, for Girard's approach to culture is initially rather counter-intuitive. Or if not counter-intuitive, certainly counter to much of our experience and how we have come to explain ourselves to ourselves. Some shift in belief systems is called for. A reality shift. These are not so easy to make.
That said, anyone with a superficial exposure to, and a basic understanding, of Girard's key propositions will find this book immensely helpful and clarifying. The writing is clear (the translation from German particularly good) and not overly academic. Unlike, one might say, the way Girard himself writes. Perhaps we have here the contrast between the French and German academic approach? Furthermore, Palaver's sweep is broad and comprehensive, benefitting from four decades of writing and thinking since first Girard became available.
Highly recommend for readers who are ready.
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PhilipJHunt | Jun 24, 2013 |
Passions play an important role in economy, politics and the media. Recent discussions of the economy, for instance, do no longer hesitate to stress the importance of a passion like envy functioning as a driving force in this field. Also the world of advertising illustrates the importance of passions in the economy. Modern forms of politics, on the contrary, claimed to be detached from passions and to rely solely on rationality. Recent developments since the end of the cold war, however, have clearly challenged this self-understanding of modern politics. Not even politics can escape the world of passions. In our days, both the economy and politics depend on the media, another example of a highly passionate realm. Passions also have an important religious dimension. One of the central questions of any great religion is how to deal with passions. This book offers an interdisciplinary approach to the phenomenon of passions in the fields of economy, politics, and the media, drawing on René Girard's mimetic theory as a common focusing lens. It promotes a deeper understanding of the religious dimensions of capitalism, the contemporary return of religion to politics and the religious implications of modern mass media.… (lisätietoja)
 
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