Evolution and Conversion Dialogues on the

Rene Girard is one of the most provocative and striking intellectuals of the twentieth century. Over the past forty years, his work has continued to exert an influence across literary theory, philosophy and the social sciences. Echoing the format of his early works, Evolution and Conversion brings Girard into dialogue with two sympathetic interviewers and allows him to speak candidly about the major tenets of his life and thought.

Rene Girard is the Andrew B. Hammond Professor Emeritus of French Language, Literature, and Civilization at Stanford University, USA Pierpaolo Antonello is Senior Lecturer at the University of Cambridge, UK, and Fellow of St John's College Joao Cezar de Castro Rocha is Professor of Comparative Transatlantic Studies at the University of Manchester and Humboldt Research Fellow, Germany

Acknowledgements	p. vi
Foreword	p. vii
Introduction: 'One long argument from the beginning to the end'	p. 1
The Life of the Mind	p. 17
'A Theory by Which to Work': The Mimetic Mechanism	p. 56
The Symbolic Species	p. 96
Dialogues and Criticism: From Frazer to Levi-Strauss	p. 136
Method, Evidence and Truth	p. 159
The Scandal of Christianity	p. 196
Modernity, Postmodernity and Beyond	p. 234
Chronology of Girard's Life	p. 268
List of Girard's Publications	p. 272
Index	p. 275
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Evolution and Conversion Dialogues on the Origins of Culture

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