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Violence and Difference : Girard, Derrida, and Deconstruction

Name: Violence and Difference : Girard, Derrida, and Deconstruction
Author: Andrew J. McKenna
ISBN: 9780252018374

by Andrew J. McKenna

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Synopsis

McKenna explicates key elements of the anthropology of Rene Girard and the literarytheory of Jacques Derrida in terms of each other--to create an interpretive strategy that hehopes will "salvage deconstruction from the flashy sterility it favors."