Violence and the sacred in the ancient Near East [Texte imprimé] : Girardian conversation at Catalhoyuk / edited by Ian Hodder

Notes bibliogr.

Setting the archaeological scene / Ian Hodder -- Introduction to the thought of René Girard / William Johnsen -- Death in Catalhöyük / Wolfgang Palaver -- A Girardian framework for violent injuries at neolithic Çatalhöyük in their western Asian context / Christopher J. Knüsel, Bonnie Glencross, and Marco Milella -- Ritual practices and conflict mitigation at early Neolithic Körtik Tepe and Göbekli Tepe, upper Mesopotamia : a mimetic theoretical approach / Lee Clare, Oliver Dietrich, Julia Gresky, Jens Notroff, Joris Peters, Nadja Pöllath -- Paired leopards and encircled prey : images of rivalry and sacrifice at Çatalhöyük / Mark Anspach -- Mimetic theory, the wall paintings, and the domestication, de-domestication, and sacrifice of cattle at Çatalhöyük / William A. Johnsen -- The ordeal of the town : rites and symbols at Çatalhöyük / Benoît Chantre -- Stretching Girard's hypothesis : road marks for a long-term perspective / James Alison -- Girard's anthropology vs. cognitive archaeology / Jean-Pierre Dupuy -- Religion as a factor in the development of settled life / Ian Hodder