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267 - Luke Burgis - Revenge of the Scapegoat

The Symbolic World

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The Symbolism of Sacrifice in Christianity

The Eucharist itself is constituted through a sacrificial act. Sacrifice is thoroughly infused in the symbolism of the liturgy. But this idea that the victim, I think it's really important just to get at this idea of the scapegoat mechanism becoming less effective because of society's concern for victims.

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