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We began with the idea that underpins all of Girard’s theories––imitation. Conflict between people, he believes, is rooted in our propensity for imitation or in what he calls “mimetic desire”—an idea that began to take shape for him through his study of the great European novelists.
David Cayley • The Ideas of Rene Girard: An Anthropology of Religion and Violence
The Ideas of Rene Girard: An Anthropology of Religion and Violence
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Literary genius spontaneously understands the mimetic substratum of mythology and provides
Rene Girard • Theater Of Envy: William Shakespeare (Carthage reprint)
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
and fulfillment would not turn to ashes.