{"product_id":"the-scapegoat-paperback-4","title":"The Scapegoat - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRené Girard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eYvonne Freccero\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWidely regarded as one of the most profound critics of our time, René Girard has pursued a powerful line of inquiry across the fields of the humanities and the social sciences. His theories, which the French press has termed \"l'hypothèse girardienne,\" have sparked interdisciplinary, even international, controversy. In \u003ci\u003eThe Scapegoat\u003c\/i\u003e, Girard applies his approach to \"texts of persecution,\" documents that recount phenomena of collective violence from the standpoint of the persecutor--documents such as the medieval poet Guillaume de Machaut's \u003ci\u003eJudgement of the King of Navarre\u003c\/i\u003e, which blames the Jews for the Black Death and describes their mass murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGirard compares persecution texts with myths, most notably with the myth of Oedipus, and finds strikingly similar themes and structures. Could myths regularly conceal texts of persecution? Girard's answers lies in a study of the Christian Passion, which represents the same central event, the same collective violence, found in all mythology, but which is read from the point of view of the innocent victim. The Passion text provides the model interpretation that has enabled Western culture to demystify its own violence--a demystification Girard now extends to mythology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnderlying Girard's daring textual hypothesis is a powerful theory of history and culture. Christ's rejection of all guilt breaks the mythic cycle of violence and the sacred. The scapegoat becomes the Lamb of God; \"the foolish genesis of blood-stained idols and the false gods of superstition, politics, and ideologies\" are revealed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 'The Scapegoat', the author audaciously turns to classical mythology, medieval narrative, and the New Testament to explore the scenes behind 'texts of persecution, ' documents that recount collective violence from the standpoint of the persecutor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRené Girard\u003c\/b\u003e is a Andrew B. Hammond Professor of French Language, Literature and Civilization at Stanford University. Two of his books, \u003ci\u003eDeceit, Desire, and the Novel\u003c\/i\u003e, which was also translated by Yvonne Freccero, and \u003ci\u003eViolence and the Sacred\u003c\/i\u003e, are available from Johns Hopkins University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 9.02 x 5.92 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 1989\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47335310295289,"sku":"9780801839177","price":53.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/d0MwUFNUVlM1d2RjUWRYdE9mdHRVQT09.webp?v=1769657909","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-scapegoat-paperback-4","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}