René Noël Théophile Girard (/ ʒɪəˈrɑːrd /; [2] French: [ʒiʁaʁ]; 25 December 1923 – 4 November 2015) was a French historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science whose work belongs to the tradition of philosophical anthropology. Girard was the author of nearly thirty books, with his writings spanning many academic domains.

René Girard (1923—2015) René Girard’s thought defies classification. He has written from the perspective of a wide variety of disciplines: Literary Criticism, Psychology, Anthropology, Sociology, History, Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology.

The mimetic theory of desire, an explanation of human behavior and culture, originated with the French historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science René Girard (1923–2015). The name of the theory derives from the philosophical concept mimesis, which …

René Girard, né le 25 décembre 1923 à Avignon et mort le 4 novembre 2015 à Stanford en Californie, est un anthropologue, historien, théologien et philosophe français. Ancien élève de l' École des chartes , il part faire son doctorat aux États-Unis où il passera toute sa carrière.

René Girard is the founder of mimetic theory. He died in 2015 as a member of the elite Academy Francaise for his groundbreaking work into human nature after having spent nearly fifty years elaborating his theory of mimetic desire, mimetic rivalry, scapegoating, and the foundations of human cultures and institutions.

Nov 4, 2015 · A member of the prestigious Académie Française, René Girard was called 'the new Darwin of the human sciences.' His many books offered a bold, sweeping vision of human nature, human history and human destiny. He died Nov. 4 at 91.

René Girard (1923-2015) is recognized worldwide for his theory of human behavior and human culture. In 2005 he was inducted into the Académie française, and in 2008 he received the Modern Language Association's award for Lifetime Scholarly Achievement.

Nov 4, 2021 · With a PhD in medieval French history, René Girard, the great theorist of desire, rivalry and violence, seemed to be destined for a similar fate. Girard was born on Christmas day in 1923 in the historic town of Avignon in the south of France.

Nov 21, 2017 · René Girard (1923-2015) est comme un OVNI dans le ciel de la philosophie. Élève de l’École des chartes, puis enseignant de littérature à Stanford et à Duke – son travail recevant un accueil plus que mitigé en France – il est finalement passé à la postérité comme philosophe, alors même qu’il considérait ce titre avec un ...

Jun 24, 2020 · René Noël Théophile Girard (b. 25 December 1923 in Avignon, d. 4 November 2015 in Stanford) was a French-American cultural anthropologist who discovered in the works of European novelists like Cervantes, Flaubert, Stendhal, Proust, and Dostoevsky the important impact of imitative desire on human relations.