Books like Things hidden since the foundation of the world

Things hidden since the foundation of the world by René Girard reads as analytical, profound. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Violence et le sacré

René Girard · 1972

Both explore violence & sacrifice

83% genome match

Discipline and Punish

Michel Foucault · 1975

Same philosophy feel

83% genome match

Writing and Difference

Jacques Derrida · 1978

Same philosophy feel

62% genome match

Gender Trouble

Judith Butler · 1989

Same philosophy feel

65% genome match

Local Knowledge: Further Essays In Interpretive Anthropology

Clifford Geertz · 1983

Both explore anthropology

67% genome match

Understanding Power

Noam Chomsky · 2002

Same nonfiction feel

63% genome match

The Dawn of Everything

David Graeber · 2021

Both explore anthropology

62% genome match

Pouvoirs de l'horreur

Julia Kristeva em português · 1980

Same philosophy feel

64% genome match

Homo Ludens

Johan Huizinga · 1938

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

Forbidden knowledge

Roger Shattuck · 1996

Same nonfiction feel

59% genome match

Pensée sauvage

Claude Lévi-Strauss · 1966

Same philosophy feel

65% genome match

A thousand years of nonlinear history

Manuel De Landa · 1997

Same philosophy feel

65% genome match