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

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The Sscapegoat Mechanism - A Worldly Good, but an Ultimate Evil

Gerard: The scapegoat mechanism is a combination of ultimate evil and worldly good. It used violence and lies to establish worldly order, but the good thing about it is you only need to kill one innocent man to save the entire community," he says. Gerard reminds us that Christ himself tells us as much. "I came not to send peace on earth. I came not to sent peace, but a sword"

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