René Girard and Creative Mimesis by Redekop, Vern Neufeld

René Girard and Creative Mimesis (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781498550574)

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René Girard and Creative Mimesis by Redekop, Vern Neufeld

René Girard and Creative Mimesis

$60.99
René Girard and Creative Mimesis by Redekop, Vern Neufeld

René Girard and Creative Mimesis

$60.99
Format: Paperback
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For half a century René Girard's theories of mimetic desire and scapegoating have captivated the imagination of thinkers and doers in many fields as an incisive look into the human condition, particularly the roots of violence. In a 1993 interview with Rebecca Adams, he highlighted the positive dimensions of mimetic phenomena without expanding on what they might be. Now, two decades later, this groundbreaking book systematically explores the positive side of mimetic theory in the context of the multi-faceted world of creativity. Several authors build on Adams' insight that loving mimesis can be understood as desiring the subjectivity of the other, particularly when the other may be young or wounded. With highly nuanced arguments authors show how mimetic theory can be used to address child and adult development, including the growth of consciousness and a capacity to handle complexity. Mimetic theory is brought to bear on big questions about creativity in nature, evolutionary development, originality, and religious intrusion into politics.

Author: Vern Neufeld Redekop
ISBN-10: 1498550576
ISBN-13: 9781498550574
Publisher: Lexington Books
Language: English
Published: 11/14/2016
Pages: 348
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.90d
By Vern Neufeld Redekop
By Vern Neufeld Redekop
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Vern Neufeld Redekop is a full professor in the School of Conflict Studies at Saint Paul University, Ottawa. He is the co-author of Introduction to Conflict Studies: Empirical, Theoretical, and Ethical Dimensions (2012) and Beyond Control: A Mutual Respect Approach to Protest Crowd - Police Relations (2010).

Thomas Ryba is Notre Dame Theologian-in-Residence at the Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Center as well as lecturer in philosophy and religious studies and adjunct professor of Jewish studies at Purdue University. He is the co-editor of For René Girard: Essays in Friendship and in Truth (2008) and was North American editor of Religion (2004-2007).

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