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Lecture VII: The One Who Withholds | René Girard's Mimetic Theory

Johnathan Bi

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War and the Gentlemen's War

Gerard sees the inflection point between modern war and the gentlemen's war in Napoleon. War was thought of as a normal state of affairs waged by professionals, usually aristocratic officers for whom military service was just another phase in a varied career. Gerard: "We've simply resorted to the most efficient forms of killing. We are no real rules anymore"

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