Le mythe cosmogonique de Pangu
Noting the key role that desire holds in the human condition, Girard believes that, in human relationships, there is an imitative character of desire. It is therefore possible to draw a mimetic triangle, with subject, object, model on its vertices. From the established interactions, rivalries arose...
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description | Noting the key role that desire holds in the human condition, Girard believes that, in human relationships, there is an imitative character of desire. It is therefore possible to draw a mimetic triangle, with subject, object, model on its vertices. From the established interactions, rivalries arose in a way that, in primitive societies, created great conflicts which led to social chaos. The scapegoat was thought as a solution to control mimetic violence in these contexts. In his work, Girard formally introduces the scapegoat mechanism, seeking to identify the structure of mimetic crisis, founding homicide in mythology. This paper proposes an analysis of the Chinese cosmogonic Pangu myth through the theory of mimetic desire and the scapegoat mechanism, also trying to identify the same mimetic crisis, leading to widespread violence, the presence of the founding homicide, and the reconstruction of differentiation in the society of the mentioned period. 31 janvier 2018 |
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spelling | doaj.art-589cbc9ef3754e02ad1716adb88eee1d2022-12-21T18:31:49ZengAssociation Portugaise d'Etudes FrançaisesCarnets1646-76982018-01-011210.4000/carnets.2486Le mythe cosmogonique de PanguJoão Marcelo Mesquita MartinsNoting the key role that desire holds in the human condition, Girard believes that, in human relationships, there is an imitative character of desire. It is therefore possible to draw a mimetic triangle, with subject, object, model on its vertices. From the established interactions, rivalries arose in a way that, in primitive societies, created great conflicts which led to social chaos. The scapegoat was thought as a solution to control mimetic violence in these contexts. In his work, Girard formally introduces the scapegoat mechanism, seeking to identify the structure of mimetic crisis, founding homicide in mythology. This paper proposes an analysis of the Chinese cosmogonic Pangu myth through the theory of mimetic desire and the scapegoat mechanism, also trying to identify the same mimetic crisis, leading to widespread violence, the presence of the founding homicide, and the reconstruction of differentiation in the society of the mentioned period. 31 janvier 2018http://journals.openedition.org/carnets/2486cosmogonymimetic desireviolencescapegoatPangu |
spellingShingle | João Marcelo Mesquita Martins Le mythe cosmogonique de Pangu Carnets cosmogony mimetic desire violence scapegoat Pangu |
title | Le mythe cosmogonique de Pangu |
title_full | Le mythe cosmogonique de Pangu |
title_fullStr | Le mythe cosmogonique de Pangu |
title_full_unstemmed | Le mythe cosmogonique de Pangu |
title_short | Le mythe cosmogonique de Pangu |
title_sort | le mythe cosmogonique de pangu |
topic | cosmogony mimetic desire violence scapegoat Pangu |
url | http://journals.openedition.org/carnets/2486 |
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