The influence of René Girard’s mimetic theory has rippled far beyond the walls of theology and literary criticism, finding a profound and unsettling home in the study of human history and social order. In Violence, Desire, and the Sacred, Volume 2 , the focus shifts from the foundational mechanics of mimesis to the visceral, often bloody ways these forces manifest in the real world.
A look at how contemporary politics and media have reinvented the sacrificial victim, often under the guise of justice or ideological purity. Violence, Desire, and the Sacred, Volume 2: Ren...
The volume bridges the gap between Girard’s intuitive anthropology and the empirical findings of history and sociology, testing whether his theories hold up under the weight of historical data. The influence of René Girard’s mimetic theory has