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Cosmos: Weakened Edition, 7

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

November 15, 2015 by Artur Rosman

Girard 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). — 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.

1. 4 Remedies for Fundamentalist vs. Atheist Starbucks Red Cup Wars

2. Patheos Catholic Manifesto: The Girard Option of Interdisciplinary Influence

3. Lux Aeterna: RIP René Girard (December 25, 1923 – Nov 4, 2015)

4. From Napoleon to Bin Laden: France and Modern Terrorism

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

5. A New Springtime for Hitler?

6. René Girard: Is Christianity a Myth?

7. Girard: Islamic Extremism is Symmetrically Related to Western Wealth

8. Just Another Atheist Jewish Catholic: An Interview With Damon Linker

9. Spreading the Blame: The West’s Exporting of Jihad

10. Is the Higher Education Turboencabulator Fixable?

Three posts from the archives related to the Paris Attacks:

1. Islam Does Not Need a Reformation

2. A French Genocide and Salvation Outside the State

3. Will We Once Again Enlist Islam Against Western Extremism?

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Is the Higher Education Turboencabulator Fixable?

November 16, 2015 Why Have Civilians Become Primary Jihadist Targets?

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