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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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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