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Lecture IV: The Scapegoat Mechanism | René Girard's Mimetic Theory

Johnathan Bi

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The Three Marks of the Victim

Victims need to be far from the social order and embedded in the community, says Gerard. The Jewish people are near the social order because they have long been in exile,. But they're far because like other immigrant cultures such as Anglos or French don't even bring up their Anglo or French heritage.

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