Palgrave Handbook of Mimetic Theory and Religion
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 549
ISBN-13: 9781137552808
Subjects: Psychology and religion
Description: "The Palgrave Handbook of Mimetic Theory and Religion draws on the expertise of leading scholars and thinkers to explore the violent origins of culture, the meaning of ritual, and the conjunction of theology and anthropology, as well as secularization, science, and terrorism. Authors assess the contributions of René Girard's mimetic theory to our understanding of sacrifice, ancient tragedy, and post-modernity, and apply its insights to religious cinema and the global economy. This handbook serves as introduction and guide to a theory of religion and human behavior that has established itself as fertile terrain for scholarly research and intellectual reflection"--Back cover.