Lecture VI: The Triumph of Modernity | René Girard's Mimetic Theory
Johnathan Bi
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Darwin's Narrative and the Gibraltar Example
We need a theory to situate facts in. We need a narrative to convince us and those narratives, even if they are checked by the facts, are incredibly susceptible to mimesis. This is why, even in the most objective of sciences, there are intellectual fashions. The Gibraltar example shows that science doesn't really truly have an objective command over this facts independently of narratives. It turns something we should be suspicious of into something unquestionable that can justify atrocities.
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