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Lecture IV: The Scapegoat Mechanism | René Girard's Mimetic Theory
Johnathan Bi
The Pathway to Cohesion Is Found on Violence and Deceit
The scapegoat mechanism proceeds from a real cataclysmic event, where society experiences contagion and divinizes new gods. To truly establish a peaceful society in a time of turmoil, this murder must be maximally cathartic, he says. This arc is not only how pagan gods and religions have been made, but also how all human societies and cultures are founded.
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