{"product_id":"mimesis-and-sacrifice-marcia-pally-9781350254046","title":"Mimesis and Sacrifice: Applying Girard's Mimetic Theory Across the Disciplines","description":"Central to identity, personal responsibility, economic systems, theology, and the political and military imaginaries, the practice of sacrifice has inspired, disturbed, and abused. \u003ci\u003eMimesis and Sacrifice\u003c\/i\u003e brings together scholars from the humanities, military, business, and social sciences to examine the role that sacrifice plays in different present-day settings, from economics to gender relations. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInspired by Rene Girard's work, chapters explore (i) the extent to which the social character of human living makes us mimetic, (ii) whether mimesis necessarily leads to competitive aggression, (iii) whether aggression must be defused by aggressive sacrificial rituals-and whether all sacrifice has this aim, and (iv) the role of the \"second lesson of the cross\" (as Girard called it), the lesson of self-giving \u003ci\u003efor\u003c\/i\u003e others, in addressing present societal problems. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy investigating sacrifice across this span of arenas and questions yet within one volume, \u003ci\u003eMimesis and Sacrifice\u003c\/i\u003e presents a new appreciation of its influence and consequences in the world today, contributing not only to mimetic theory but to greater understanding of which societal arrangement enable us to live well together and what hobbles that goal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marcia Pally\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350254045\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350254046\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/22\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.55d","brand":"Marcia Pally","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43944182710527,"sku":"9781350254046","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_9126660c-b281-485a-bc80-efbca5bb1b26.jpg?v=1681502271","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mimesis-and-sacrifice-marcia-pally-9781350254046","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}