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ANDREAS HETZEL teaches philosophy at the University of Darmstadt, Germany, and the University of Innsbruck, Austria. He studied Philosophy and German Literature at the University of Münster, Germany, and The Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, and obtained his Ph.D. (1999) and his Habilitation (2009) at Darmstadt University (TU Darmstadt). His research interests include political philosophy, contemporary French theory, critical theory, German idealism, and ancient philosophy. He currently focuses on theories of rhetoric and philosophies of language. Apart from coediting 11 books, he has published a book on the concept of culture (Zwischen Poiesis und Praxis. Elemente einer kritischen Theorie der Kultur, 2001) and a book on the concept of language in classical rhetoric and modern pragmatics (Die Wirksamkeit der Rede. Zur Aktualitaet klassischer Rhetorik fuer die moderne Sprachphilosophie, 2011).

WOLFGANG PALAVER is Professor of Catholic Social Thought and Dean of the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. From 2007 to 2011 he served as president of the Colloquium on Violence and Religion (COV&R). He has written articles and books on Thomas Hobbes, Carl Schmitt, René Girard, and on the relationship between religion and violence. His most recent books are: René Girard's Mimetic Theory (2013); Passions in Economy, Politics, and the Media (ed. with P. Steinmair-Pösel, 2005); Politische Philosophie versus Politische Theologie? Die Frage der Gewalt im Spannungsfeld von Politik und Religion (ed. with A. Oberprantacher and D. Regensburger, 2011); and Gewalt und Religion. Ursache oder Wirkung? (with René Girard, 2010).

DIETMAR REGENSBURGER is Assistant Professor at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. He holds an M.A. in Theology and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Innsbruck, Austria. His main focus is on film and religion as well as on the relationship between politics, religion, and violence. Recent books are: PARADISE NOW!? Politik—Religion—Gewalt im Spiegel des Films (ed. with G. Larcher, 2008); Westliche Moderne, Christentum und Islam (ed. with W. Palaver and R. Siebenrock, 2008); Politik, Religion, Markt: Die Rückkehr der Religion als Anfrage an den politisch-philosophischen Diskurs der Moderne (ed. with W. Guggenberger and K. Stöckl, 2009); Politische Philosophie versus Politische Theologie? Die Frage der Gewalt im Spannungsfeld von Politik und Religion (ed. with W. Palaver and A. Oberprantacher, 2011); and Von Ödipus zu Eichmann: Kulturanthropologische Voraussetzungen von Gewalt (ed. with Ch. Wessely, 2013).

GABRIEL BORRUD works as a radio and online journalist for the English service of Deutsche Welle, Germany's international broadcaster. He has translated Wolfgang Palaver's comprehensive study René Girard's Mimetic Theory (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2013) and Palaver's essay “Violence and Religion: Walter Burkert and René Girard in Comparison,” which appeared in volume 17 of Contagion. He has been fascinated by Girard since high school.