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Rene Girard

The One Percent And Mimetic Desire

Eric Simpson | Posted 09.01.2012 | Religion
Read More: New Testament, Rene Girard, Mimetic Desire, Gospel of Luke, The One Percent, Jesus, Christianity, Covetousness, Capitalism, Parable of the Fool, Religion News
Eric Simpson

We see other people fulfill or seek to fulfill their desires, and a kind of craving is born for the same object the other wants. This is why television advertising works. Desire is born from a concrete witness.

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Economic Crisis, the "PIGS" and the European "Animal Farm"

Panagiotis Roilos | Posted 05.12.2012 | World
Read More: European Debt Crisis, Rene Girard, Greece, Europe Debt Crisis, Pigs, European Economic Crisis, Italy, Spain, Portugal, World News
Panagiotis Roilos

According to René Girard, in periods of collective crisis the phenomenon of scapegoating flourishes. Today, the notorious "PIGS" (Portugal, Ireland or Italy, Greece, Spain), have become those animalized, "criminal" scapegoats.

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