Mimesis and Sacrifice: Applying Girard’s Mimetic Theory Across the Disciplines

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Typeset by Cover Half title Series page Title Copyrights Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Marcia Pally Part One Our Understanding of Sacrifice, Expanded: Origins, Development, Types, and Valence 1 A Comparative and Evolutionary Perspective on Sacrifice and Cooperation Peter M. Kappeler 2 Sacrifice Between West and East: René Girard, Simone Weil, and Mahatma Gandhi on Violence and Nonviolence Wolfgang Palaver 3 Patterns of Sacrifice and Power Structure Hassan Rachik 4 Rabbinic Reflections on Intentional Sacrifice and Sanctification Tsvi Blanchard 5 Kant on Sacrifice and Morality David Pan 6 Sacrifice amid Covenant: From Abuse to Gift Marcia Pally 7 Generative Sacrifice: Girard, Feminism, and Christ Anna Mercedes 8 Sacrifice and Liberation: A Reading by the Magisterium of the Catholic Church in Latin America Francisco Canzani Part Two Is the “Problem” of Sacrifice a Problem of Conceptualizing Masculinity? 9 Between Victim and Perpetrator: Constructions of Heroic Masculinity and the Religion of Death Ulrike Brunotte 10 The Ambiguity of Sacrifice in a Post-Heroic Nation: A Military Perspective Rolf von Uslar Part Three An Expanded Understanding of Sacrifice Applied to the Economic, the Political, and the Future 11 Gift or Sacrifice? History, Politics, and Religion John Milbank 12 Strategy, Spectacle, or Self-emptying? Sacrifice and the Search for Business Ethics Philip Roscoe 13 Common Good Economy: Capitalism, Sacrifice, and Humanity Adrian Pabst 14 Suffering and Sacrifice in an Unfinished Universe Ilia Delio, OSF Concluding Thoughts Marcia Pally Notes on Contributors Index of Names and Concepts