From violence to Apocalypse in René Girard’s work

Authors

  • Ênio José da Costa Brito PUC-SP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/1677-1222.2018vol19i1a14

Keywords:

Mimetic Theory. René Girard. Apocalypse. Scapegoat mechanism. Eschatology.

Abstract

This essay reviews the thesis of Mauricio G. Righi, entitled “The Conversion of the Beast: Apocalypse and Eschatology in René Girard”. The thesis is a “deep study in the mimetic theory, underlining its internal and gradual development towards the apocalypse, understood as a specific thought stream”. In a first topic it presents synthetically the contents of the chapters, and in a second moment it points some of its passages. A creative and provocative thesis.

Author Biography

Ênio José da Costa Brito, PUC-SP

Professor titular do PEPG em Ciência da Religião da PUC-SP. Ccoordenador do Grupo de Pesquisa “Imaginário Religioso Brasileiro (Veredas)”. Vice-coordenador do Centro de Estudos Culturais Africanos e da Diáspora (CECAFRO-PUCSP). Editor da Revista “Último Andar”.

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Published

2019-05-09

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 1 (2019): Religio e suas arquiteturas

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