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WOF 348: The Power of Mimetic Desire w/ Luke Burgis

Aug 22, 2022

01:06:41

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Luke Burgis

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The Inexhaustibility of Transcendent Ideals and Mutually Enhancing Relationships

01:14

Extracting Ourselves from the Memetic Process

00:42

The Scapegoating Process: Guilt and Innocence

01:14

The Importance of Modeling Desire in Pursuing Virtue

00:52

Introduction

2min

Is There a Mediator of Desire?

2min

The Triangular Theory of Desire

3min

Gerard's Conversion of Desire

4min

What if You Don't See What's Around You?

4min

The Social Media World Is a Massively Gerardian Space

3min

Freshman Stand or Freshman Manstand?

2min

Ferrari Lambrigini - The Great Titan of Automobile Manufacturing and Racing

3min

The Most Important Desire of Success

2min

10.

How Awkward Is It to Live in Mid Space?

2min

11.

Isn't It Time to Be Intentional?

2min

12.

Is There a Memetic Rivalry?

3min

13.

Memetic Desire and the Scavegoading Mechanism

3min

14.

Is It a Scapegoat or a Goat?

4min

15.

Is the Murderer From the Beginning the One Who Founds Cities?

2min

16.

The Crucifixion of Christ Is the End of Mythology

2min

17.

Christian Theology

3min

18.

I Don't Think Gerard's Won the Day

2min

19.

Cancel Culture

3min

20.

The Grace of the Cross and Resurrection of Jesus

2min

21.

Is There a Personal Vocation?

2min

22.

We Love Philosophy Together, It's Endless

2min

23.

Is There a Danger in Gerardad?

3min

24.

What Can the Church Do to Overcome Mometic Rivalry?

4min

In this new “Bishop Barron Presents” discussion, Bishop Barron sits down with bestselling author Luke Burgis to discuss his new book, Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life.

Why do we want what we want? And how do our desires shape us as people? How are desires related to freedom?

In their conversation, Bishop Barron and Burgis discuss these topics and more, such as:

René Girard
Mimetic desire
Social media
The scapegoat mechanism

Links

Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life by Luke Burgis

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