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René Girard and Philip Rieff on the Mystique of Transgression

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An examination of the parallels and the contradictions between Rieff’s and Girard’s assessments of the political meaning of transgressive “anti-culture” for an understanding of modernity and violence.

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  1. Department of Religious Studies, Thorneloe College, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, P3E 2C6, Canada

    David Humbert

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Humbert, D. René Girard and Philip Rieff on the Mystique of Transgression. Soc 48, 242–246 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-011-9424-9

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