Girard first outlined the foundations of mimetic theory in his debut book Deceit, Desire, and the Novel (1961), a work of literary criticism, and extended it to anthropology in Violence and the Sacred (1972).

Girard is not on par with more well known French contemporary philosophers (for example Derrida, Foucault, Deleuze, Lyotard), but his work is becoming increasingly recognized in the humanities, and …

Dec 21, 2025 · René Girard was a French-born philosopher, literary critic, and religion scholar whose work on mimetic desire and the scapegoat mechanism has been influential in academic circles.

René Girard (December 25, 1923 - November 4, 2015) was a world-renowned French historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science. His work belongs to the tradition of anthropological philosophy.

René Girard (1923-2015) is recognized worldwide for his theory of human behavior and human culture. In 2005 he was inducted into the Académie française, and in 2008 he received the Modern …

The author of nearly 30 books, Girard was the Andrew B. Hammond Professor of French Language, Literature and Civilization, emeritus, at Stanford, a member of the prestigious Académie Française, …

1 day ago · René Girard (1923-2015) is one of the most significant Catholic thinkers of recent times. At the core of his “mimetic theory” is his discernment of a

Aug 2, 2024 · The greatest danger for the survival of this hypermimetic human species is other humans—interspecies violence. Girard remains pertinent in our moment because he pursued basic …

Nov 4, 2015 · A member of the prestigious Académie Française, René Girard was called 'the new Darwin of the human sciences.' His many books offered a bold, sweeping vision of human nature, …

René Girard is the founder of mimetic theory. He died in 2015 as a member of the elite Academy Francaise for his groundbreaking work into human nature after having spent nearly fifty years …