René Girard's Mimetic Theory (Studies in Violence, Mimesis & Culture)
The Ideas of Rene Girard: An Anthropology of Religion and Violence
David Cayley • 3 highlights
amazon.com
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
The children repeat the crimes of their fathers precisely because they believe they are morally superior to them. This false difference is already the mimetic illusion of modern individualism, which represents the greatest resistance to the mimetic truth that is reenacted again and again in human relations. The paradox is that the resistance itself
... See moreRené Girard • I See Satan Fall Like Lightning
