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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Main Author: João Marcelo Mesquita Martins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Portugaise d'Etudes Françaises 2018-01-01
Series:Carnets
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/carnets/2486
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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
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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
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mimetic desire
violence
scapegoat
Pangu
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