Mimetic Theory and Islam "The Wound Where Light Enters" /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kirwan, Michael (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Achtar, Ahmad (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Islam-Doctrines.; Religion-Philosophy.; Ethnology.; Islamic Theology.; Philosophy of Religion.; Social Anthropology.

This volume explores the 'Mimetic Theory' of the cultural theorist René Girard and its applicability to Islamic thought and tradition. Authors critically examine Girard's assertion about the connection between group formation, religion, and 'scapegoating' violence. These in...