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Lecture VI: The Triumph of Modernity | René Girard's Mimetic Theory

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Are We the Best Society That Has Ever Been?

Since the high middle ages, all the great human institutions have evolved in the same direction. Gerard identifies so many different institutions as well as modern intuitions that are really Christian in essence. The global society now in the making is truly unique. Its superiority in every area is so evident that it is forbidden paradoxically to acknowledge the fact - especially in Europe.

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