The Scapegoat of a Saloon

Gerard: How it became possible to recognize scapegoating is universal is the story that tonight's program has to tell. Our starting point is the world of myth, where scapegoating as such is entirely hidden. Mythology sees the scapegoat not as an innocent and arbitrary victim, but as a god. This comes about as follows. The whole mimetic system would like to end these compartments and say scapegoating isuniversal.