I thought John Ganz on Girard was broadly sympathetic and able to distinguish the philosopher from his appropriation from the right... I have not read the originals though. Did you find Ganz specifically shallow/wrong?
Ganz isn’t bad but no substitute for reading Girard directly (or the Girard section of my forthcoming book 😉). I’m not sure that Ganz fully grasps the religious and anthropological dimensions of Girard’s thought, and the Marxist reading he attempts at the end seems forced. I also think I it was a mistake to discuss Girard’s relationship to the contemporary world without engaging with his interviews on that subject (e.g. with Michel Tregeur or with Benoit Chantre). So… 7/10?
I thought John Ganz on Girard was broadly sympathetic and able to distinguish the philosopher from his appropriation from the right... I have not read the originals though. Did you find Ganz specifically shallow/wrong?
Ganz isn’t bad but no substitute for reading Girard directly (or the Girard section of my forthcoming book 😉). I’m not sure that Ganz fully grasps the religious and anthropological dimensions of Girard’s thought, and the Marxist reading he attempts at the end seems forced. I also think I it was a mistake to discuss Girard’s relationship to the contemporary world without engaging with his interviews on that subject (e.g. with Michel Tregeur or with Benoit Chantre). So… 7/10?
Thanks, that's helpful!