Contents
A Note on the Translation
Preface
Part 1. Against Relativism
Chapter 1. Violence and Reciprocity
Chapter 2. Noble Savages and Others
Chapter 3. Mimetic Theory and Theology
Part 2. The Other Side of Myth
Chapter 4. I See Satan Fall Like Lightning
Chapter 5. Scandal and Conversion
Chapter 6. I Do Not Pray for the World
Chapter 7. The Catholic Church and the Modern World
Chapter 8. Hominization and Natural Selection
Chapter 9. A Stumbling Block to Jews, Foolishness to Gentiles
Chapter 10. Lévi-Strauss on Collective Murder
Chapter 11. Positivists and Deconstructionists
Chapter 12. How Should Mimetic Theory Be Applied?
Notes
Index