Lecture VI: The Triumph of Modernity | René Girard's Mimetic Theory
Johnathan Bi
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René Girard's theory puts words to what the biologist E.O. Wilson once said, and I quote: The real problem of humanity is the following. We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and God-like technology. And we've made great strides in our technological capacities, our institutional design, and even our rational understanding of the world. But still, the stubbornness of human nature refuses to budge. With that tension in mind, let's dive into Girard's understanding of modernity. In this lecture on modernity, then, we will be analyzing the cause and consequences of the three good forces. In the final lecture on apocalypse, we will examine the fourth
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