Signs of paradox: irony, resentment, and other mimetic structures

Starting from the minimal principle of generative anthropology - that human culture originates as "the deferral of violence through representation" - the author proposes a new understanding of the fundamental concepts of metaphysics and an explanation of the historical problematic that und...

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Main Author: Gans, Eric Lawrence 1941- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. Stanford Univ. Press 1997
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Summary:Starting from the minimal principle of generative anthropology - that human culture originates as "the deferral of violence through representation" - the author proposes a new understanding of the fundamental concepts of metaphysics and an explanation of the historical problematic that underlies the postmodern "end of culture."
Physical Description:222 S.
ISBN:0804727694

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