The Head Beneath the Altar is the first book to present a wide-ranging study of Hindu mythology through the lens of Ren??? Girard's mimetic theory of the sacrificial origin of religion and culture. The book provides a careful reading of Girard's work, drawing connections between his thought and those of his predecessors, contemporaries, and successors, and it examines two Indian epics, the Mahabharata and the Ramaya ? a .
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The Head Beneath the Altar is the first book to present a wide-ranging study of Hindu mythology through the lens of Ren??? Girard's mimetic theory of the sacrificial origin of religion and culture. The book provides a careful reading of Girard's work, drawing connections between his thought and those of his predecessors, contemporaries, and successors, and it examines two Indian epics, the Mahabharata and the Ramaya ? a .
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD PAPERBACK Standard-sized.
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