Acknowledgments | p. vii |
Introduction: Theoretical Perspectives on Violence, Society and Literature | p. 1 |
Violence and the Problem of Constructing Stable Alterities | p. 25 |
Transgression of Social Boundaries as an Instance for Violence | p. 53 |
The Primal Scene of Violence and its Ritualized Repetitions | p. 95 |
Holiness and the Erotic: Two Paths to Continuity or Violence | p. 131 |
"Unanimity Minus Two" | p. 153 |
Mimetic Desire and the Victim as Object | p. 197 |
Conclusion: Violence and Realism in a Social Context | p. 237 |
Bibliography | p. 245 |
Index | p. 263 |
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