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

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Gerard Is a Champion of the Positive Forces Within Modernity

Gerard Tokville is a champion of all these positive forces we mentioned today, from the birth of science to the expansion of global aid. But he warns reactionaries not to fall prey to hypocrisy and dogma for they would be delegitimizing them. The triumph of modernity is tainted with perversion as our stubborn human nature rebels against the path Christianity has set for us. Love, truth, innovation are praiseworthy, even if many who champion them today are not. Violence will step out of the shadows and be the central topic of our next and final lecture.

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