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The Metaphysical Desires of René Girard with Johnathan Bi

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The Scapegoat Mechanism for Gerard's Theology of Memesis

"Gerard had a very clear, deterministic, almost end of history, conception of the linearity of history. But without christianity, that is no longer necessarily the case," he says. "What changes is the possibility of historical action." Gerard's ultimate christian commitments enable him to say 'one ought not do this for the for nothing'

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