Books in English
Reading Sophocles' Oedipus the King
Edited by Mark R. Anspach
Translation of the play by Wm. Blake Tyrrell with facing Greek text
"Groundbreaking readings of Oedipus by Jean-Pierre Vernant, Michel Foucault, and René Girard... A superb compilation."
—Neni Panourgiá, Columbia University
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The Tangled Loops of Violence, Myth, and Madness
by Mark R. Anspach
From the peacemaking rituals of pre-state societies to the paradoxical structure of consciousness, Vengeance in Reverse takes the reader on an intellectual roller-coaster ride that begins with the problem of how to deceive violence and ends with the riddle of how one can deceive oneself.
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Religion, History, and Place in the Origin of Settled Life
Edited and with an introduction by Ian Hodder
"A thought-provoking, captivating and well-edited book."
—Cambridge Archaeological Journal
Contributors include Mark Anspach, Marion Benz, Lee Clare...
How to Think About Catastrophe
Toward a Theory of Enlightened Doomsaying
by Jean-Pierre Dupuy
Translated by M.B. DeBevoise and Mark R. Anspach
"Dupuy sketches the way forward: utter clarity about the doom that awaits us, thereby forestalling its realization."
—Former California Governor Jerry Brown
Selected Writings on Rivalry and Desire
by René Girard
Edited and with an introduction by Mark R. Anspach
"The introductory essay by Mark Anspach is a delight."
—Andrew Bartlett, COV&R Bulletin
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by René Girard
Introduction and interview with René Girard
by Mark R. Anspach
In a culture obsessed with thinness, we are all caught up in a game of conspicuous non-consumption...
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Empirical Research on Imitation and the Mimetic Theory of Culture and Religion
Edited and with an introduction by Scott R. Garrels
Contributions by Mark Anspach, Paul Dumouchel, Jean-Pierre Dupuy, Vittorio Gallese, William Hurlbut, Melvin Konner, Ann Cale Kruger, Andrew Meltzoff, Jean-Michel Oughourlian
by Simon Simonse
Foreword by Mark Anspach
"The most important work on the long-mooted topic of divine kingship yet written."
—David Graeber, London School of Economics
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