{"product_id":"oedipus-unbound-selected-writings-on-rivalry-and-desire-9780804747806","title":"Oedipus Unbound: Selected Writings on Rivalry and Desire","description":"\u003cp\u003eDid Oedipus \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e kill his father and marry his mother? Or is he nothing but a scapegoat, set up to take the blame for a crisis afflicting Thebes? For Ren? Girard, the mythic accusations of patricide and incest are symptomatic of a plague-stricken community's hunt for a culprit to punish, and Girard succeeds in making us see an age-old myth in a wholly new light.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe hard-to-find writings assembled here include three major early essays, never before available in English, which afford a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the emergence of Girard's scapegoat theory from his pioneering analysis of rivalry and desire. Girard unbinds the Oedipal triangle from its Freudian moorings, replacing desire for the mother with desire for anyone-or anything-a rival desires. In a wide-ranging and provocative introduction, Mark R. Anspach presents fresh evidence for Girard's hypotheses from classical studies, literature, anthropology, and the life of Freud himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRen? Girard is Professor Emeritus of French at Stanford University. He is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eViolence and the Sacred\u003c\/i\u003e (1977), \u003ci\u003eThe Scapegoat\u003c\/i\u003e (1986), \u003ci\u003eJob: The Victim of His People\u003c\/i\u003e (Stanford, 1987), \u003ci\u003eThings Hidden Since the Foundation of the World\u003c\/i\u003e (Stanford, 1987), and \u003ci\u003eI See Satan Fall Like Lightning\u003c\/i\u003e (2001).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51183009595666,"sku":"9780804747806","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d3483119-5240-4879-85af-817a22fa9ea4.jpg?v=1744451844","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/oedipus-unbound-selected-writings-on-rivalry-and-desire-9780804747806","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}