CMST 2C03 Chapter 1: Scapegoat Readings and Listening Notes
13 Sep 2016
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According to french thinker ren girard, human beings copy each other"s desires and are in perpetual conflict with one another over the objects of our desire. In early human communities, this conflict created a permanent threat of violence and forced our ancestors to find a way to unify themselves. They chose a victim, a scapegoat against whom the community could unite. Biblical religion, according to girard, has attempted to overcome this historic plight. From the unjust murder of abel by his brother cain to the crucifixion of christ, the. It is on this revelation that modern society unquietly rests. Cayley: gave christianity an anthro content he could understand, no longer body of re- ligious things u must accept but a human story, its overcome with consequences for humanity. Conflict w people is based on imitation of others. Mediation is internal when the mediator is at the same level as the subject.
