Conversations with René Girard - (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>French theorist René Girard was one of the major thinkers of the twentieth century. Read by international leaders, quoted by the French media, Girard influenced such writers as J.M. Coetzee and Milan Kundera. Dubbed "the new Darwin of the human sciences" and one of the most compelling thinkers of the age, Girard spent nearly four decades at Stanford exploring what it means to be human and making major contributions to philosophy, literary criticism, psychology and theology with his mimetic theory. <br/> <br/> This is the first collection of interviews with Girard, one that brings together discussions on Cervantes, Dostoevsky, and Proust alongside the causes of conflict and violence and the role of imitation in human behavior. Granting important insights into Girard's life and thought, these provocative and lively conversations underline Girard's place as leading public intellectual and profound theorist.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A vital book. It gave me René Girard as I've never before encountered him in a text: like looking at a diamond from eighteen different sides. Each interview reveals the fecundity of his thought and the brilliance of a mind that was able to probe the human condition in a singular way. It's full of fire.<br/>Luke Burgis, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship, The Catholic University of America, USA and Author of Wanting: Our Secret Economy of Desire<br><br>Covering the full scope of his thinking, from his reflections on desire and rivalry, right through to his final thoughts about modern warfare this really is a singularly valuable collection.<br/>Chris Fleming, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Western Sydney University, Australia and Author of On Drugs<br><br>Rene Girard was one of the most influential and important thinkers of the 20th century, much of his wisdom was dialogic in nature, and this volume brings together an excellent collection of conversations with him.<br/>Tyler Cowen, Professor of Economics, George Mason University, USA and Author of the "Marginal Revolution" Blog<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Cynthia L. Haven</b> was previously Milena Jesenská Journalism Fellow at the Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen, Austria, Visiting Scholar at Stanford University, USA and Voegelin Fellow at the Hoover Institution, USA. <p/>She is the author of <i>Evolution of Desire: A Life of René Girard, </i>the first-ever biography of the French theorist. She writes regularly for <i>The Times Literary Supplement, </i> and has contributed to <i>The New York Times, The Nation, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times</i>, and many other publications. She has published several other books as well, including volumes on Czeslaw Milosz and Joseph Brodsky.</p>
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