When These Things Begin: Conversations with Michel Treguer

by René Girard

In this lively series of conversations with writer Michel Treguer, Ren Girard revisits the major concepts of mimetic theory and explores science, democracy, and the nature of God and freedom. Girard affirms that "our unprecedented present is incomprehensible without Christianity." Globalization has unified the world, yet civil war and terrorism persist despite free trade and economic growth. Because of mimetic desire and the rivalry it generates,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611861101
• ISBN13: 9781611861105
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"