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Associate Professor in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University

Dr Chris Fleming is Associate Professor in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts and a Member of the Philosophy Research Initiative and the Writing and Society Research Centre at Western Sydney University, Australia. His most recent book is "On Drugs" (Sydney: Giramondo, 2019).

Experience

  • 2016–present
    Associate professor, Western Sydney University

Education

  • 2000 
    University of Western Sydney, PhD
  • 1994 
    University of New South Wales, BA BEd (Hons)

Publications

  • 2019
    Mimetic Theory and Film, New York and London: Bloomsbury
  • 2019
    On Drugs, Sydney: Giramondo
  • 2018
    Does Religion Cause Violence?, New York and London: Bloomsbury
  • 2016
    René Girard and Raymund Schwager: Correspondence 1974-1991, New York and London: Bloomsbury
  • 2015
    Mimesis, Movies and Media, New York and London: Bloomsbury
  • 2014
    Rene Girard and Sacrifice in Life, Love, and Literature, London and New York: Bloomsbury
  • 2014
    Modern Conspiracy: The Importance of Being Paranoid, London and New York: Bloomsbury
  • 2012
    Violence, Desire and the Sacred: Girard's Mimetic Theory Across the Disciplines, New York: Continuum
  • 2004
    Rene Girard: Violence and Mimesis, Cambridge: Polity