René Girard’s concept of mimetic desire, scapegoat mechanism and biblical demystification
This article provides an overview of René Girard’s concept of mimetic desire, scapegoat mechanism and biblical demystification. It also attempts to explain the basic notions of his anthropology and to contextualize them in relation to the conceptions of philosophers like Freud, Durkheim and Nietzsc...
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This article provides an overview of René Girard’s concept of mimetic desire, scapegoat mechanism and biblical demystification. It also attempts to explain the basic notions of his anthropology and to contextualize them in relation to the conceptions of philosophers like Freud, Durkheim and Nietzsche. The paper starts with an introduction to the widely discussed problem of mimetic desire. It sees Girard’s mimetic theory as a theory of conflict. Then, it analyzes how violence emerges through mimetic rivalry. From that point, the essay moves to discuss the scapegoat mechanism and the relation between violence and the sacred in archaic societies. Finally, it examines the conception of Judeo-Christian demystification of mimesis and surrogate victim.
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| spelling | doaj.art-6253332662284da08416f3af39b54baa2024-03-29T08:33:51ZengThe Francis de Sales Scientific Society (TNFS.PL)Seminare1232-87662450-13282022-12-0135410.21852/sem.2014.4.04René Girard’s concept of mimetic desire, scapegoat mechanism and biblical demystificationBogumił Strączek0Jesuit University Ignatianum in Kraków, This article provides an overview of René Girard’s concept of mimetic desire, scapegoat mechanism and biblical demystification. It also attempts to explain the basic notions of his anthropology and to contextualize them in relation to the conceptions of philosophers like Freud, Durkheim and Nietzsche. The paper starts with an introduction to the widely discussed problem of mimetic desire. It sees Girard’s mimetic theory as a theory of conflict. Then, it analyzes how violence emerges through mimetic rivalry. From that point, the essay moves to discuss the scapegoat mechanism and the relation between violence and the sacred in archaic societies. Finally, it examines the conception of Judeo-Christian demystification of mimesis and surrogate victim. https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/s/article/view/11046GirardmimesisviolencescapegoatreligionChristianity |
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| title | René Girard’s concept of mimetic desire, scapegoat mechanism and biblical demystification |
| title_full | René Girard’s concept of mimetic desire, scapegoat mechanism and biblical demystification |
| title_fullStr | René Girard’s concept of mimetic desire, scapegoat mechanism and biblical demystification |
| title_full_unstemmed | René Girard’s concept of mimetic desire, scapegoat mechanism and biblical demystification |
| title_short | René Girard’s concept of mimetic desire, scapegoat mechanism and biblical demystification |
| title_sort | rene girard s concept of mimetic desire scapegoat mechanism and biblical demystification |
| topic | Girard mimesis violence scapegoat religion Christianity |
| url | https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/s/article/view/11046 |
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