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Lecture IV: The Scapegoat Mechanism | René Girard's Mimetic Theory

Johnathan Bi

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Introduction

In this lecture, we will examine what really lies at the foundations of worldly peace and order. We are going to learn how pagan gods are made and even stronger what lies at the very foundation of all pagan societies. Gerard's history can be broken down into four large movements: The past, pagan society, the rupture, Christian revelation, the present modernity, and the near future apocalypse. And so in this lecture,. we will begin where history begins and where Gerard also begins.

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