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The Scapegoat: René Girard's Anthropology of Violence and Religion Part Three

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The Kingdom of Satan Is a Bad Mimeticist

Gerard: Mimetic desire leads first to conflict, Peter and Jesus as rivals. Gerard: And this violence is also personified by Satan. In the New Testament, he says, Satan is the master of the world. He symbolizes system of scapegoating and victimization that makes society work.

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