Oedipus Unbound: Selected Writings on Rivalry and Desire

These hard-to-find writings afford an inside look at the emergence of Girard's scapegoat theory from his pioneering analysis of rivalry and desire. Girard unbinds the Oedipal triangle from its Freudian moorings, replacing desire for the mother with desire for anyone-or anything-a rival desires.

Author: René Girard
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 02/04/2004
Pages: 131
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 9.12h x 6.08w x 0.42d
ISBN: 9780804747806

About the Author
René Girard is Professor Emeritus of French at Stanford University. He is the author of many books, including Violence and the Sacred (1977), The Scapegoat (1986), Job: The Victim of His People (Stanford, 1987), Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World (Stanford, 1987), and I See Satan Fall Like Lightning (2001).