Essays Tagged: "René Girard"
Review of Gil Bailie's Book: "Violence Unveiled: Humanity at the Crossroads"
to a wide audience the groundbreaking work of the French cultural critic and theorist, René Girard. At the heart of Girard's theory is the idea that violence creates the foundations of culture ... heart of Girard's theory is the idea that violence creates the foundations of culture. According to Girard, human beings are mimetic by nature, meaning, we imitate those we most love by desiring what ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Mimetic Violence in The Red and the Black
ien and the people around him. To explain the often confounding protagonist, the critic René Girard proposes the theory of "mimetic desire", in which desires are not autonomous but mediated by ... ated by a third party. Additionally, to shed light on the actions of Julien's peers at the seminary Girard employs the scapegoating mechanism. A system where groups avoid full scale uncontrolled viole ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays