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Edition 5 (1990) Winner
René Girard
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René Girard
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1923-12-25 （Avignon）
- Died
- 2015-11-04 （Stanford, California） age 91
- Nationality
- France
- Languages
- French, English
- Religion
- Catholic
- Residence History
- Avignon, France → Indiana University Bloomington, USA → Stanford University, USA
Career
- Occupations
- Literary critic, Philosopher of social science, Historian, Professor
- Active Years
- 1947-2015
- Affiliations
- Duke University, Bryn Mawr College, Johns Hopkins University, State University of New York at Buffalo, Stanford University
- Memberships
- Colloquium on Violence and Religion (COV&R) Honorary Chair
- Influenced By
- Marcel Proust, Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Influenced
- James Alison, Raymund Schwager
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| École Nationale des Chartes | — | Medieval history | MA | 1940s | France |
| Indiana University Bloomington | — | History | PhD | 1947-1953 | USA |
École Nationale des Chartes
Medieval history
Degree:
MA
Period:
1940s
Year of Graduation:
1947
Country:
France
Thesis: Private life in Avignon in the second half of the 15th century
Indiana University Bloomington
History
Degree:
PhD
Period:
1947-1953
Year of Graduation:
1950
Country:
USA
Thesis: American Opinion of France, 1940–1943
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Académie française | — | Seat 37 | Académie française | 受賞 |
| — | Knight of the Légion d’honneur | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Académie française
2005
Category:
Seat 37
Organization:
Académie française
Result:
受賞
Knight of the Légion d’honneur
Result:
受賞
Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Deceit, Desire and the Novel
1961 Literary criticismAnalyzes mimetic desire through novels
Mimetic desireTriangular desire
Violence and the Sacred
1972 AnthropologyIntroduces the scapegoat mechanism
ViolenceSacrificeScapegoat
Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World
1978 PhilosophyMimetic theory and Christianity
BibleMimesisCulture origins
Bibliography
- Deceit, Desire and the Novel
- Violence and the Sacred
- Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Mimetic analysisInterdisciplinary approach
- Recurring Motifs
- Mimetic desireScapegoat mechanismBiblical interpretation
Legacy
Founder of mimetic theory influencing multiple fields, elected to Académie Française
Academic Societies
- Colloquium on Violence and Religion
In Popular Culture
- Influenced J.M. Coetzee's novels
Quotes
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Human desire is mimetic
Source: Deceit, Desire and the Novel (1961)
Trivia
- Converted to Catholicism reading Dostoevsky
- Elected to Académie Française Seat 37