The Scapegoat
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780801833151 (0801833159)
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Pages no: 232
Edition language: English
Only two stars for style and the first half of the book, *but* 4-5 for Girard's interpretation of the gospels and his conclusion. He is really on to something; his (or rather, the New Testament's) scapegoat theory is a sophisticated analysis of individual-versus-group relations, religion, and sacral...