Sacrifice and the Apocalypse: A Girardian Reading of "Atlas Shrugged"

This essay uses the mimetic theory of controversial literary anthropologist René Girard to explicate a central but neglected theme in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged: sacrifice. In Rand's view, big government is supported by a sacrificial ideology founded in the idea of Original Sin that fosters...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies. - Pennsylvania State University Press, 1999. - 11(2011), 2, Seite 161-188
1. Verfasser: Gerland, Oliver (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2011
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies
Schlagworte:Biological sciences Behavioral sciences Religion
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