Among the Outsiders.: Studies in Scapegoat Figure Typologies

Following in the footsteps of Frazer, Freud, and Burke, René Girard proposes a novel hermeneutics of scapegoating which not only gives voice to the victims in the face of unjust persecution, but likewise unmasks the generative function that belies its frequently lethal dénouement depicted in texts of persecution.

Andrzej Fretschel-Hojarski completed his studies at Loyola University of Chicago, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the Jagiellonian University. He is currently Assistant Professor at the Institute of English Studies in Cracow.