Among the Outsiders.
Studies in Scapegoat Figure Typologies
Published on 6. June 2025
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-3-631-92288-0 (ISBN)
Description
Following in the footsteps of Frazer, Freud, and Burke, René Girard proposes a novel hermeneutics of scapegoating which not only gives voice to the victims in the face of unjust persecution, but likewise unmasks the generative function that belies its frequently lethal dénouement depicted in texts of persecution.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
8 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 21 cm
Width: 14.8 cm
Weight
324 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-631-92288-0 (9783631922880)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Andrzej Fretschel-Hojarski completed his studies at Loyola University of Chicago, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the Jagiellonian University. He is currently Assistant Professor at the Institute of English Studies in Cracow.
Content
Table of Contents
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Introduction
Chapter One - Le mal ontologique: Scapegoating and Literature
Chapter Two - A Threatening Other
Chapter Three - Doubles and the Apogeum of Desire
Chapter Four - Antiheroic Maids and Prisoners
Chapter Five - Figurae Christi: The Three J's
Chapter Six - A Third Way
Epilogue: Literature as Equipment for Living
Bibliography
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Introduction
Chapter One - Le mal ontologique: Scapegoating and Literature
Chapter Two - A Threatening Other
Chapter Three - Doubles and the Apogeum of Desire
Chapter Four - Antiheroic Maids and Prisoners
Chapter Five - Figurae Christi: The Three J's
Chapter Six - A Third Way
Epilogue: Literature as Equipment for Living
Bibliography
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