9780660184968-0660184966-The Scapegoat

The Scapegoat

ISBN-13: 9780660184968
ISBN-10: 0660184966
Author: René Girard
Publication date: 2001
Publisher: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC Audio)
Format: Audio Cassette
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ISBN-13: 9780660184968
ISBN-10: 0660184966
Author: René Girard
Publication date: 2001
Publisher: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC Audio)
Format: Audio Cassette

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The Scapegoat (ISBN-13: 9780660184968 and ISBN-10: 0660184966), written by authors René Girard, was published by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC Audio) in 2001. With an overall rating of 3.9 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent The Scapegoat (Audio Cassette) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.41.

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Human beings, according to French thinker Rene Girard, are fundamentally imitative creatures. We copy each other's desires, and are in perpetual conflict with one another over the objects of our desire. In early human communities, this conflict created permanent threat of violence. The only way the violence would end was for it to be directed against a single victim, and it was around the victims of collective ciolence that Girard thinks that cultures first formed. Biblical religion, according to Girard, has attempted to overcome this historic plight. From the unjust murder of Abel by his brother Cain, to the crucifixion of Christ, the Bible reveals the innocence of the victim. It is on this revelation that modern society unquietly rests.
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