Can We Survive Our Origins?: Readings in René Girard's Theory of Violence and the Sacred

Are religions intrinsically violent (as is strenuously argued by the 'new atheists')? Or, as Girard argues, have they been functionally rational instruments developed to manage and cope with the intrinsically violent runaway dynamic that characterizes human social organization in all periods of human history? Is violence decreasing in this time of secular modernity post-Christendom (as argued by Steven Pinker and others)? Or are we, rather, at increased...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611861497
• ISBN13: 9781611861495
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 8.8"