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230 - Richard Rohlin - Universal History: The Bridegroom and the Scapegoat

The Symbolic World

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The Sacrifice Mechanism Is the Basis of Civilization

The need to find a scapegoat was at the outset of civilization. It's all related to the notion of mimetic desire, where everyone wants what they can't have. The scapegoad mechanism was a way to re start the process and to avoid going out of control. But murder is not the basis of culture. Marriage is.

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