Nidesh Lawtoo - Conrads Shadow: Catastrophe, Mimesis, Theory

STUDIES IN VIOLENCE, MIMESIS, AND CULTURE

SERIES EDITOR

William A. Johnsen

The Studies in Violence, Mimesis, and Culture Series examines issues related to the nexus of violence and religion in the genesis and maintenance of culture. It furthers the agenda of the Colloquium on Violence and Religion, an international association that draws inspiration from Ren Girards mimetic hypothesis on the relationship between violence and religion, elaborated in a stunning series of books he has written over the last forty years. Readers interested in this area of research can also look to the associations journal, Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis, and Culture.

ADVISORY BOARD

Ren Girard, Stanford University

Andrew McKenna, Loyola University of Chicago

Raymund Schwager, University of Innsbruck

James Williams, Syracuse University

EDITORIAL BOARD

Rebecca Adams, Independent Scholar

Jeremiah L. Alberg, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan

Mark Anspach, cole Polytechnique, Paris

Pierpaolo Antonello, University of Cambridge

Ann Astell, University of Notre Dame

Cesreo Bandera, University of North Carolina

Maria Stella Barberi, Universit di Messina

Alexei Bodrov, St. Andrews Biblical Theological Institute, Moscow

Joo Cezar de Castro Rocha, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Benot Chantre, Lassociation Recherches Mimtiques

Diana Culbertson, Kent State University

Paul Dumouchel, Ritsumeikan University

Jean-Pierre Dupuy, Stanford University, cole Polytechnique

Giuseppe Fornari, Universit degli studi di Bergamo

Eric Gans, University of California, Los Angeles

Sandor Goodhart, Purdue University

Robert Hamerton-Kelly, Stanford University

Hans Jensen, Aarhus University, Denmark

Mark Juergensmeyer, University of California, Santa Barbara

Cheryl Kirk-Duggan, Shaw University

Michael Kirwan, SJ, Heythrop College, University of London

Paisley Livingston, Lingnan University, Hong Kong

Charles Mabee, Ecumenical Theological Seminary, Detroit

Jzef Niewiadomski, Universitt Innsbruck

Wolfgang Palaver, Universitt Innsbruck

ngel Jorge Barahona Plaza, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria

Martha Reineke, University of Northern Iowa

Tobin Siebers, University of Michigan

Thee Smith, Emory University

Mark Wallace, Swarthmore College

Eugene Webb, University of Washington

Copyright 2016 by Nidesh Lawtoo

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Names: Lawtoo, Nidesh, author.
Title: Conrads shadow : catastrophe, mimesis, theory / Nidesh Lawtoo.
Description: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2016] | Series: Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015041932| ISBN 9781611862188 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781609175030 (pdf) | ISBN 9781628952766 (epub) | ISBN 9781628962765 (kindle)
Subjects: LCSH: Conrad, Joseph, 18571924Criticism and interpretation.
Classification: LCC PR6005.O4 Z76465 2016 | DDC 823/.912dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015041932

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Cover artwork is a still frame taken from L Homme sans ombre (The Man with No Shadow2004), directed by Georges Schwizgebel and is used with permission from Georges Schwizgebel.

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