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Lecture I: Introduction to Mimetic Theory | René Girard's Mimetic Theory

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Christianity and Pagan Religion - The Same Story

Gerard: Christianity will be the first story told from the perspective of the victim. pagan myth always sides with the murderers, he says. Christ knows that reason alone is not enough to shake societies out of this perennial cultural practice. What we need is an equally compelling story that shakes us into a radically new mode of seeing the world," writes Gerard.

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