The Key Ideas of René Girard: Mimetic Desire, Violence, and Christianity with Geoff Shullenberger
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The Basics of Violence Theory
Theory is based on the idea of acquisitive memesis, which means there's no limit to how much competition can lead to violence. In one example, two people fall in love with the same person and then have a duel over who will marry them. Elka eright: The social institutions in this theory are originate from the need to solve this problem.
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