René Girard

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:literary_criticism
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Johns_Hopkins_University
gptkb:Stanford_University
gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:birth_date 1923-12-25
gptkbp:born_in gptkb:Avignon
gptkbp:contribution critique of modernity
analysis of violence and religion
theory of mimetic desire
interpretation of literature through mimetic theory
gptkbp:death_date 2015-11-04
gptkbp:field gptkb:Christian_theology
gptkb:philosophy
gptkb:literary_criticism
anthropology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label René Girard
gptkbp:influence gptkb:Christian_theology
gptkb:sociology
gptkb:psychology
cultural studies
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:David_Anthony_Brooks
gptkb:Peter_Thiel
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Friedrich_Nietzsche
gptkb:Sigmund_Freud
gptkb:Søren_Kierkegaard
gptkbp:known_for mimetic theory
scapegoat mechanism
gptkbp:legacy influence on contemporary philosophy
impact on literary criticism
framework for understanding scapegoating
mimetic theory in social sciences
theoretical framework for understanding violence
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:French
gptkbp:won_award gptkb:Prix_de_l'_Académie_Française
gptkb:National_Humanities_Medal
gptkbp:wrote I See Satan Fall Like Lightning
Violence and the Sacred
Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World
Deceit, Desire, and the Novel
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ligue_1_2011-12
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6