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

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Is There a War in the Middle East?

Gerard's worries of apocalypse is less theological speculation than deja vu. On October 27, 1962, a Soviet submarine armed with a nuclear tip torpedo was targeted by an American carrier group. Only one officer's stubborn refusal prevented an almost certain nuclear attack and likely world-scaled armageddon. This is how close we were. The will of one man was all that stood in the way. Gerard isn't exaggerating when he says we are living in the end times.

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