The Study of Evil and Violence Without Girard
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.v45i3-4.31354Keywords:
Girard, violence, ritualAbstract
A critique of the usefulness of Girard for the study of religious violence and the demonization of the Other
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Evans-Pritchard, Edward. 1965. Theories of Primitive Religion. Oxford: Clarendon.
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———. 2001. “Ritual as Accusation and Atrocity: Satanic Ritual Abuse, Gnostic Libertinism, and Primal Murders.” History of Religions 40: 352–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/463648.
———. 2007. “The Legacy of Sectarian Rage: Vengeance Fantasies in the New Testament.” In Religion and Violence: The Biblical Heritage, edited by David A. Bernat and Jonathan Klawans, 114–28. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Academic Press.
———. 2009. “Martyrology and the Purient Gaze.” Journal of Early Christian Studies 17: 215–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/earl.0.0257.
———. 2011. “Egyptian Religion and the Problem of the Category ‘Sacrifice.’” In Ancient Mediterranean Sacrifice: Images, Acts, Meanings, edited by Jennifer Knust and Zuszsanna Várhelyi, 75–93. New York: Oxford University Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199738960.001.0001.
———. 2012a. “The Construction of Evil and the Violence of Purification.”In The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Violence, edited by Michael Jerryson, Mark Juergensmeyer, and Margo Kitts, 521–32. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
———. 2012b. “Comparison and the Study of Religions of Late Antiquity.” In Comparer en histoire des religions antiques: Controverses et propositions, edited by Claude Calame and Bruce Lincoln, 83–98. Liège: Presses Universitaires de Liège.
Frazer, James George. 1931. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion. New York: MacMillan.
Freud, Sigmund. 1950. Totem and Taboo. Translated by James Strachey. New York: Norton.
Girard, René. 1977. Violence and the Sacred. Translated by Patrick Gregory. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
———. 1987. “Generative Scapegoating.” In Violent Origins: Ritual Killing and Cultural Formation, edited by Robert G. Hammerton-Kelly, 73-105. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
Hsia, R. Po-chia. 1988. The Myth of Ritual Murder: Jews and Magic in Reformation Germany. New Haven: Yale Unversity Press.
Jerryson, Michael, Mark Juergensmyer and Margo Kitts, eds. 2012. The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Violence. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Katchen, Martin H., and David K. Sakheim. 1992. “Satanic Beliefs and Practices.” In Out of Darkness: Exploring Satanism and Ritual Abuse, edited by David K. Sakheim and Susan E. Devine, 21-43. New York: Lexington Books.
Klawans, Jonathan. 2005. Purity, Sacrifice, and the Temple: Symbolism and Supersessionism in the Study of Ancient Judaism. New York: Oxford University Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195162639.001.0001,
———. 2007. “Introduction: Religion, Violence, and the Bible.” In Religion and Violence: The Biblical Heritage, edited by David A. Bernat and Jonathan Klawans, 1–15. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Academic Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226044507.003.0001.
McClymond, Kathryn. 2008. Beyond Sacred Violence: A Comparative Study of Sacrifice. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Noblitt, James Randall, and Pamela Sue Perskin. 2000. Cult and Ritual Abuse. Rev. ed. Westport CT: Praeger.
Palaver, Wolfgang. 2012. “Mimetic Theories of Religion and Violence.” In The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Violence, edited by Michael Jerryson, Mark Juergensmeyer, and Margo Kitts, 533–53. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Perlmutter, Dawn. 1999/2000. “The Sacrificial Aesthetic: Blood Rituals from Art to Murder.” Anthropoetics 5: 2. http://www.anthropoetics.ucla.edu/ap0502/blood.htm.
Rubin, Miri. 1999. Gentile Tales: The Narrative Assault on Late Medieval Jews. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Smith, Jonathan Z. 2004. “Differential Equations: On Constructing the Other.” In Relating Religion: Essays in the Study of Religion, 230–50. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Taussig, Michael. 1993. Mimesis and Alterity: A Particular History of the Senses. New York: Routledge.
DeMause, Lloyd. 1994. “Why Cults Terrorize and Kill Children.” Journal of Psychohistory 21: 505–18.
Evans-Pritchard, Edward. 1965. Theories of Primitive Religion. Oxford: Clarendon.
Frankfurter, David. 2000. “‘Things Unbefitting Christians’: Violence and Christianization in Fifth-Century Panopolis.” Journal of Early Christian Studies 8: 273–95.http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/earl.2000.0025.
———. 2001. “Ritual as Accusation and Atrocity: Satanic Ritual Abuse, Gnostic Libertinism, and Primal Murders.” History of Religions 40: 352–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/463648.
———. 2007. “The Legacy of Sectarian Rage: Vengeance Fantasies in the New Testament.” In Religion and Violence: The Biblical Heritage, edited by David A. Bernat and Jonathan Klawans, 114–28. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Academic Press.
———. 2009. “Martyrology and the Purient Gaze.” Journal of Early Christian Studies 17: 215–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/earl.0.0257.
———. 2011. “Egyptian Religion and the Problem of the Category ‘Sacrifice.’” In Ancient Mediterranean Sacrifice: Images, Acts, Meanings, edited by Jennifer Knust and Zuszsanna Várhelyi, 75–93. New York: Oxford University Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199738960.001.0001.
———. 2012a. “The Construction of Evil and the Violence of Purification.”In The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Violence, edited by Michael Jerryson, Mark Juergensmeyer, and Margo Kitts, 521–32. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
———. 2012b. “Comparison and the Study of Religions of Late Antiquity.” In Comparer en histoire des religions antiques: Controverses et propositions, edited by Claude Calame and Bruce Lincoln, 83–98. Liège: Presses Universitaires de Liège.
Frazer, James George. 1931. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion. New York: MacMillan.
Freud, Sigmund. 1950. Totem and Taboo. Translated by James Strachey. New York: Norton.
Girard, René. 1977. Violence and the Sacred. Translated by Patrick Gregory. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
———. 1987. “Generative Scapegoating.” In Violent Origins: Ritual Killing and Cultural Formation, edited by Robert G. Hammerton-Kelly, 73-105. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
Hsia, R. Po-chia. 1988. The Myth of Ritual Murder: Jews and Magic in Reformation Germany. New Haven: Yale Unversity Press.
Jerryson, Michael, Mark Juergensmyer and Margo Kitts, eds. 2012. The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Violence. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Katchen, Martin H., and David K. Sakheim. 1992. “Satanic Beliefs and Practices.” In Out of Darkness: Exploring Satanism and Ritual Abuse, edited by David K. Sakheim and Susan E. Devine, 21-43. New York: Lexington Books.
Klawans, Jonathan. 2005. Purity, Sacrifice, and the Temple: Symbolism and Supersessionism in the Study of Ancient Judaism. New York: Oxford University Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195162639.001.0001,
———. 2007. “Introduction: Religion, Violence, and the Bible.” In Religion and Violence: The Biblical Heritage, edited by David A. Bernat and Jonathan Klawans, 1–15. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Academic Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226044507.003.0001.
McClymond, Kathryn. 2008. Beyond Sacred Violence: A Comparative Study of Sacrifice. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Noblitt, James Randall, and Pamela Sue Perskin. 2000. Cult and Ritual Abuse. Rev. ed. Westport CT: Praeger.
Palaver, Wolfgang. 2012. “Mimetic Theories of Religion and Violence.” In The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Violence, edited by Michael Jerryson, Mark Juergensmeyer, and Margo Kitts, 533–53. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Perlmutter, Dawn. 1999/2000. “The Sacrificial Aesthetic: Blood Rituals from Art to Murder.” Anthropoetics 5: 2. http://www.anthropoetics.ucla.edu/ap0502/blood.htm.
Rubin, Miri. 1999. Gentile Tales: The Narrative Assault on Late Medieval Jews. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Smith, Jonathan Z. 2004. “Differential Equations: On Constructing the Other.” In Relating Religion: Essays in the Study of Religion, 230–50. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Taussig, Michael. 1993. Mimesis and Alterity: A Particular History of the Senses. New York: Routledge.
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2016-10-27
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Frankfurter, D. (2016). The Study of Evil and Violence Without Girard. Bulletin for the Study of Religion, 45(3-4), 17-21. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.v45i3-4.31354
