René Girard, mimetic desire, and society's biggest rat race
by Leo Nasskau
updated 9mo ago
by Leo Nasskau
updated 9mo ago
“The contemporary man should not find it difficult to play a role in which modern life is casting him. Glued to his movie or television screen, fed his daily dose of scandals, always watching and never acting, he has become a Peeping Tom.”
Leo Nasskau added 9mo ago
Leo Nasskau added 9mo ago
“The modern man is always claiming a self-sufficiency which he is unable to achieve. He constantly compares himself with other people and, afraid that they might be superior, he secretly copies their manners and borrows their desires.”
Leo Nasskau added 9mo ago