Violence and Difference

Violence and Difference
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Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : 0252062027
ISBN-13 : 9780252062025
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Book Synopsis Violence and Difference by : Andrew J. McKenna

Download or read book Violence and Difference written by Andrew J. McKenna and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: McKenna explicates key elements of the anthropology of Rene Girard and the literary theory of Jacques Derrida in terms of each other--to create an interpretive strategy that he hopes will "salvage deconstruction from the flashy sterility it favors."


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