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Cosmos: Weakened Edition, 7

Cosmos: Weakened Edition, 7

Last updated on: November 15, 2015 at 11:23 am by Artur Rosman

Cosmos: Weakened Edition, 7 2015-11-15T11:23:02-07:00 Artur Rosman

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Girard’s theory of the scapegoat continues to be ever more relevant after his death and recent events in Paris (Anonymous, S.A. Crawford carrying a goat. Studio portrait showing man carrying a goat over his shoulder, in front of a painted backdrop of snow-covered mountains, 1905; Source: Wikimedia Commons, PD-Registered Before-1923).

What’s not weak this week highlights the violent scapegoating origins of all human culture.

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Girard’s phenomenology of scapegoating was thrown into stark relief after the Paris Attacks this week, barely a week after his death.

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Three posts from the archives related to the Paris Attacks:

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