The Key Ideas of René Girard: Mimetic Desire, Violence, and Christianity with Geoff Shullenberger
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The Violence of Myth in the Bible Is Essentially a Refraction of the Real Historical Violence, Right?
Nica argues that christianity leads to nihilism. Gerard agrees with this analysis, right? That m that the the violence of myth is essentially a sort of refraction of...the real historical violence against scapegoats and sort of sacrificial victims. And though, what the bible does is sort of turn that on its head by exposing the innocence of the victim of the various crimes that they are accused of,. In order to justify their a execution, and in order to allow society to regain amunity.
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