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Each PDF contains the full lecture text, occasionally supplemented with footnotes and references. The series collectively covers Girard’s core themes—mimetic rivalry, desire, the scapegoat mechanism, original sin, Christian revelation, theodicy, and modernity.
The archive provides a comprehensive textual record of Girard’s late‑career engagement with both anthropological and theological questions, making it a valuable resource for scholars of religious studies, anthropology, and philosophy.
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@girard_lectures_series:event -> about -> @mimetic_theory:concept {definition: "Study of desire that is imitated from others."}
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@girard_lectures_series:event -> about -> @mimetic_desire:concept {definition: "Desire that is copied from the desire of another."}
@girard_lectures_series:event -> about -> @original_sin:concept {definition: "The theological doctrine that humanity inherits a sinful nature."}
@girard_lectures_series:event -> about -> @scapegoat_mechanism:concept {definition: "Social process that channels communal violence onto a single victim."}
@girard_lectures_series:event -> about -> @christian_revelation:concept {definition: "The Christian claim that God reveals truth through Jesus Christ."}
@girard_lectures_series:event -> about -> @theodicy:concept {definition: "Philosophical attempt to justify the existence of evil under a benevolent deity."}
@girard_lectures_series:event -> about -> @modernity:concept {definition: "Historical period characterized by the rise of science, rationality, and secular institutions."}
@girard_lectures_series:event -> about -> @religious_studies:concept {definition: "Academic discipline that examines religious beliefs, behaviors, and institutions."}
@girard_lectures_series:event -> about -> @anthropology:concept {definition: "Study of human societies and cultures and their development."}
@girard_lectures_series:event -> about -> @philosophy:concept {definition: "Study of fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language."}
@lecture_i:document {title: "Introduction to Mimetic Theory", order: 1}
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@lecture_ii:document {title: "Mimetic Desire and Original Sin", order: 2}
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@lecture_iii:document {title: "Mimetic Rivalry and Girard's Theodicy", order: 3}
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@lecture_iv:document {title: "The Scapegoat Mechanism", order: 4}
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@lecture_v:document {title: "The Christian Revelation", order: 5}
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@lecture_vi:document {title: "The Triumph of Modernity", order: 6}
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@lecture_vii:document {title: "The One Who Withholds", order: 7}
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