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René Girard
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French historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science
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René Noël Théophile Girard was a French-American philosopher, historian, anthropologist, and university teacher. Born in Avignon in 1923, he was educated at the École des chartes and Indiana University Bloomington. He held citizenship in France and the United States and was a Catholic. His professional career included teaching positions at Johns Hopkins University, the University at Buffalo, Bryn Mawr College, and Stanford University.
Girard was a member of the Académie Française and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received the Knight of the Legion of Honour, the Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Today Prize. His notable works include *Violence and the Sacred*, *2000 Years and Beyond*, *Dostoïevski, du double à l'unité*, and *Sartre, Romantiko pseudos & mythistorēmatikē alētheia*. He wrote in French and was influenced by Claude Lévi-Strauss. He died in Stanford in 2015 due to disease.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1923
- Died
- 2015
- Works
- 54
Top works
- La violencia y lo sagrado - 5. ed.
- 2000 Years and Beyond
- Dostoïevski, du double à l'unité
- Sartre
- Romantiko pseudos & mythistorēmatikē alētheia
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Key facts
- Born
- René Noël Théophile Girard , ( 1923-12-25 ) 25 December 1923, Avignon , France
- Died
- 4 November 2015 (2015-11-04) (aged 91), Stanford, California , U.S.
- Education
- École Nationale des Chartes ( MA ), Indiana University Bloomington ( PhD )
- Known for
- Fundamental anthropology , Mimetic theory , Mimetic desire , Mimetic double bind , Scapegoat mechanism as the origin of sacrifice and foundation of human culture, Girard's theory of group conflict
- Spouse
- Martha Girard
- Awards
- Académie française ( Seat 37 ), Knight of the Légion d’honneur , Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
- Fields
- History , literary criticism , philosophy of social science
- Institutions
- Duke University , Bryn Mawr College , Johns Hopkins University , State University of New York at Buffalo , Stanford University
- Doctoral students
- Sandor Goodhart
- Other notable students
- Andrew Feenberg
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Théophile
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Avignon
- Place of death
- Stanford
- Occupation
- literary critic
- Educated at
- Indiana University Bloomington
- Employer
- Johns Hopkins University
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Notable work
- Violence and the Sacred
- Field of work
- literary criticism
- Image
- René Girard.jpg
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- Commons category
- René Girard
- date of birth
- 1923-12-25
- date of death
- 2015-11-04
- name in native language
- René Girard
- birth name
- René Noël Théophile Girard
- cause of death
- disease
- influenced by
- Claude Lévi-Strauss
- writing language
- French
- different from
- René Girard
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
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