Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
In its scope and interest it can be compared with Freud's Totem and Taboo, the subtext Girard refutes with polemic daring, vast erudition, and a persuasiveness that leaves the reader compelled to respond, one way or another.
O'Reilly Media • Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World
The book is not merely, or perhaps not mainly, biblical exegesis, for within its scope fall some of the most vexing problems of social history―the paradox that violence has social efficacy, the function of the scapegoat, the mechanism of anti-semitism.
O'Reilly Media • Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World
In a dialogue with two psychiatrists (Jean-Michel Oughourlian and Guy Lefort), Girard probes an encyclopedic array of topics, ranging across the entire spectrum of anthropology, psychoanalysis, and cultural production.
O'Reilly Media • Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World
The reversal of the relation of innocence and guilt between victims and executioners is the keystone of biblical inspiration.
René Girard • I See Satan Fall Like Lightning
Man is the creature who does not know what to desire, and he turns to others in order to make up his mind. We desire what others desire because we imitate their desires
Ruby Justice Thelot • In Praise of Gatekeeping
The single victim mechanism only functions by means of the ignorance of those who keep it working.