René Girard's Mimetic Theory

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/René_Girard's_Mimetic_Theory
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:logic
gptkbp:appliesTo psychology
religious studies
literary analysis
conflict studies
gptkbp:centralTo gptkb:Deceit,_Desire,_and_the_Novel
gptkb:Things_Hidden_Since_the_Foundation_of_the_World
gptkb:Violence_and_the_Sacred
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:Eric_Gans
gptkb:Jean-Michel_Oughourlian
various anthropologists
gptkbp:focusesOn gptkb:murder
desire
mimesis
scapegoat mechanism
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:René_Girard
gptkbp:hasConcept gptkb:murder
gptkb:scapegoat
imitation
mimetic desire
sacrificial crisis
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label René Girard's Mimetic Theory
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:philosophy
gptkb:theology
anthropology
literary criticism
gptkbp:introducedIn 1961
gptkbp:languageOfOrigin gptkb:French
gptkbp:proposedBy conflict arises from mimetic rivalry
desire is imitated from others
scapegoating resolves social crisis
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Deceit,_Desire,_and_the_Novel
gptkb:Things_Hidden_Since_the_Foundation_of_the_World
gptkb:Violence_and_the_Sacred
gptkbp:relatedTo biblical texts
social order
sacrificial rituals
origins of culture
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Wolfgang_Palaver
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7