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Oedipus Unbound: Selected Writings on Rivalry and Desire

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Description for Oedipus Unbound: Selected Writings on Rivalry and Desire Paperback. Did Oedipus really kill his father and marry his mother? For Rene Girard, the mythic accusations of patricide and incest are symptomatic of a plague-stricken community's hunt for a culprit to punish, and in this work he aims to present the age-old myth in a new light. Editor(s): Anspach, Mark R. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DNF; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.

Did Oedipus really kill his father and marry his mother? Or is he nothing but a scapegoat, set up to take the blame for a crisis afflicting Thebes? For René Girard, the mythic accusations of patricide and incest are symptomatic of a plague-stricken community's hunt for a culprit to punish, and Girard succeeds in making us see an age-old myth in a wholly new light.

The hard-to-find writings assembled here include three major early essays, never before available in English, which afford a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the emergence of Girard's scapegoat theory from his pioneering analysis of rivalry and desire. ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Weight
269 g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804747806
SKU
V9780804747806
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Rene Girard
René Girard is Professor Emeritus of French at Stanford University. He is the author of many books, including Violence and the Sacred (1977), The Scapegoat (1986), Job: The Victim of His People (Stanford, 1987), Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World (Stanford, 1987), and I See Satan Fall Like Lightning (2001).

Reviews for Oedipus Unbound: Selected Writings on Rivalry and Desire
"Readers of Oedipus Unbound will, I wager, both enjoy and find enlightenment in the newly-combined set of essays by Girard and Mark Anspach's expert introduction. My advice would be to take the book down from the shelf and take it home."—COV&R Bulletin

Goodreads reviews for Oedipus Unbound: Selected Writings on Rivalry and Desire


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