Apocalypse deferred : Girard and Japan / edited by Jeremiah L. Alberg.

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Alberg, Jeremiah, 1957- [editor.]

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text

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computer

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online resource

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9780268100186
0268100187
0268100160
9780268100162
9780268100179
0268100179

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Apocalypse deferred.DDC classification:

205/.697 23

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B2430.G494

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Contents:

Cover; APOCALYPSE DEFERRED; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; A Light Shall Appear in the East: An Introduction to This Volume; PART 1. CATASTROPHE, APOCALYPSE, AND JAPAN; 1. The Nuclear Menace-A New Sacrament for Humanity: Catastrophes and Near Misses; 2. World War II and the Victimary Era; 3. Undifferentiation Reconsidered; 4. A Reading of the Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki- Urakami with Nagai and Girard; PART 2. MIMETIC THEORY AND JAPANESE CULTURE; 5. Girardian Structure and Dionysian Components.

6. The Sacrifice of the Mediator: The Murder on Gifu's Sugou Plateau and Folk Performing Art7. Decadence and Conversion: On the Thought of Ango Sakaguchi; 8. Living in a State of Abandonment: The Anime Vexille's Supplementary Apocalypse; 9. Subculture, Conformity, and Sacrifice: Kamikaze Girls through a Mimetic Lens; PART 3. MIMETIC THEORY AND THEOLOGY; 10. Back to the Future: The Prophetic and the Apocalyptic in Jewish and Christian Settings; 11. Reading the Antichrist Type: Christian Apocalyptic Typology and Girardian Mimesis.

12. The Place of Mimesis and the Apocalyptic: Toward a Topology of the "Far and Near," or Is René Girard a Postmodernist?CONCLUSION; 13. The Drum, the Gaita, and the Desert: Thoughts on How to Approach Conflicts with Mimetic Theory; List of Contributors; Index.

Summary: The essays in Part I of Apocalypse Deferred are primarily rooted in the events of World War II. The contributors employ mimetic theory to respond to the use of nuclear weapons and the threat of absolute destruction. Essays in Part II cover a wide range of topics in Japanese cultural history from the viewpoint of mimetic theory, ranging from classic and modern Japanese literature to anime. Essays in Part III address theological questions and mimetic theory, especially from a Judeo-Christian perspective.

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The essays in Part I of Apocalypse Deferred are primarily rooted in the events of World War II. The contributors employ mimetic theory to respond to the use of nuclear weapons and the threat of absolute destruction. Essays in Part II cover a wide range of topics in Japanese cultural history from the viewpoint of mimetic theory, ranging from classic and modern Japanese literature to anime. Essays in Part III address theological questions and mimetic theory, especially from a Judeo-Christian perspective.

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