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The Scapegoat: René Girard's Anthropology of Violence and Religion

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Compete Re - The Paradoxical Obstacle

Girard: Competition, according to the mimetic theory, is inherent in imitation. Once competition begins, Girard says, it will tend to be self-sustaining. The more frantic the search for stable differences becomes, Gerard says, the more aimless and undifferentiated the conflict actually grows.

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