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The Orthodoxy of Heterodoxy
Girard's point o departure is what he calles "mimesis," the conflict that arises when human rivals compete to differentiate themselves from each other, yet succeed only in becoming more and more alike. At certain points in the life of a society, according to Girard, this mimetic conflict erupts into a crisis in which all difference dissolves in ind... See more
O'Reilly Media • Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World
Mimetic Desire & the Scapegoat: Notes on the Thought of René Girard
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“Girard discovered that we come to desire many things not through biological drives or pure reason, nor as a decree of our illusory and sovereign self, but through imitation.”
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The Ideas of Rene Girard: An Anthropology of Religion and Violence
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Burgis breaks down the theories behind mimetic desire and the teachings of René Girard, why all of our behaviors are imitative, why we desire things we don’t need, and why this all leads to missing out on aspects of life that are far more meaningful and valuable.
Farnam Street • Luke Burgis: The Power of Mimetic Desire [The Knowledge Project Ep. #138]
“Each person must ask what his relationship is to the scapegoat,” wrote René Girard. “I am not aware of my own, and I am persuaded that the same holds true for my readers. We only have legitimate enmities. And yet the entire universe swarms with scapegoats.”