The Ambivalence of Scarcity and Other Essays /

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First published in French in 1979, "The Ambivalence of Scarcity" was a groundbreaking work on mimetic theory. Now expanded upon with new and never-before-published conference texts and essays, this version explores Rene Girard's philosophy in three sections: economy and economics, mim...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dumouchel, Paul, 1951-
Other Authors: Girard, Rene, 1923-2015
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: East Lansing, MI : Michigan State University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Scarcity > Social aspects.
Economics > Moral and ethical aspects.
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Critical Theory.
Rarete (Économie politique) > Aspect social.
Économie politique > Aspect moral.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 ON ECONOMY AND ECONOMICS
  • Ambivalence of Scarcity
  • Indifference and Envy: Girard and the Anthropological Analysis of Modern Economy
  • Mimetic Rereading of Helmut Schoeck's Envy: A Theory of Social Behaviour
  • Homo mimeticus as an Economic Agent
  • pt. 2 ON MIMETIC THEORY
  • Mimetism and Autonomy
  • Violence and Nonviolence
  • Differences and Paradoxes: Reflections on Love and Violence in Girard's Work
  • Creation and Conversion in Girard
  • Mimetic Theory: Concepts and Models
  • "De la meconnaissance"
  • pt. 3 ON VIOLENCE AND POLITICS IN MODERN SOCIETIES
  • Hobbes: The Sovereignty Race
  • Ijime
  • From Scapegoat to God
  • Violence and Indifference
  • Mimetism and Genocides
  • Suicide Attacks: Military and Social Aspects
  • Inside Out: Political Violence in the Age of Globalization.

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