I continue to be amazed at how the Weingarten’s have crafted a strip where the main characters can casually and humorously reference deep, meaningful insights. A quick glance at Girard’s Wikipedia page later, I am eager to delve more into his theories as a possible way to better understand the seemingly unfathomable state of current world affairs. Bravo!!
René Noël Théophile Girard (/ʒɪəˈrɑːrd/; French: [ʒiʁaʁ]; 25 December 1923 – 4 November 2015) was a French historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science whose work belongs to the tradition of anthropological philosophy. Girard was the author of nearly thirty books, with his writings spanning many academic domains. Although the reception of his work is different in each of these areas, there is a growing body of secondary literature on his work and his influence on disciplines such as literary criticism, critical theory, anthropology, theology, psychology, mythology, sociology, economics, cultural studies, and philosophy.
Girard’s fundamental ideas, which he had developed throughout his career and provided the foundation for his thinking, were that desire is mimetic (i.e., all of our desires are borrowed from other people), that all conflict originates in mimetic desire (mimetic rivalry), that the scapegoat mechanism is the origin of sacrifice and the foundation of human culture, and religion was necessary in human evolution to control the violence that can come from mimetic rivalry, and that the Bible reveals these ideas and denounces the scapegoat mechanism.
“What monstrosities would walk the streets if their faces were as unfinished as their minds.” – Eric Hoffer
“If you’re incompetent, you can’t know you’re incompetent. The skills you need to produce a right answer are exactly the skills you need to recognize what a right answer is.”— David Dunning
“Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. ” – Arthur Schopenhauer
fuzzbucket Premium Member over 5 years ago
He’s got just the right pills to do the job.
MS72 over 5 years ago
Brain Control, you shmucks!
Stephen Gilberg over 5 years ago
Look at Clyde’s eyes. He doesn’t put it past Barney to kill him for real.
artsyguy65 over 5 years ago
I continue to be amazed at how the Weingarten’s have crafted a strip where the main characters can casually and humorously reference deep, meaningful insights. A quick glance at Girard’s Wikipedia page later, I am eager to delve more into his theories as a possible way to better understand the seemingly unfathomable state of current world affairs. Bravo!!
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 5 years ago
From the Wikipedia page:
René Noël Théophile Girard (/ʒɪəˈrɑːrd/; French: [ʒiʁaʁ]; 25 December 1923 – 4 November 2015) was a French historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science whose work belongs to the tradition of anthropological philosophy. Girard was the author of nearly thirty books, with his writings spanning many academic domains. Although the reception of his work is different in each of these areas, there is a growing body of secondary literature on his work and his influence on disciplines such as literary criticism, critical theory, anthropology, theology, psychology, mythology, sociology, economics, cultural studies, and philosophy.
Girard’s fundamental ideas, which he had developed throughout his career and provided the foundation for his thinking, were that desire is mimetic (i.e., all of our desires are borrowed from other people), that all conflict originates in mimetic desire (mimetic rivalry), that the scapegoat mechanism is the origin of sacrifice and the foundation of human culture, and religion was necessary in human evolution to control the violence that can come from mimetic rivalry, and that the Bible reveals these ideas and denounces the scapegoat mechanism.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 5 years ago
“What monstrosities would walk the streets if their faces were as unfinished as their minds.” – Eric Hoffer
“If you’re incompetent, you can’t know you’re incompetent. The skills you need to produce a right answer are exactly the skills you need to recognize what a right answer is.”— David Dunning
“Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. ” – Arthur Schopenhauer