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UTNE Reader names René Girard one of 50 visionaries changing our world.According to this French-born intellectual’s mimetic theory, imitation is the root of human culture. More Americans ought to mimic the Europeans who rightly celebrate Girard as a brilliant, original thinker. |
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In theory: Mimetic desireNearly 50 years on, René Girard's theory remains a powerfully illuminating insight into both literature and the world. |
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Imitatio launches European Summer School – July 2010The course will give a thorough introduction to Mimetic Theory as formulated by René Girard and his students |
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Mimetic Theory in Latin AmericaImitatio invited a number of Latin-American researchers and teachers who make use of Mimetic Theory in their work to participate in the Conference, which Imitatio helped to sponsor and organise, held at the Pontifical Javeriana... |
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Raven Foundation Essay WinnerTo broaden awareness of mimetic theory, the Raven Foundation sponsored a contest for the essay that best communicates the theme of the 2010 Colloquium on Violence and Religion (COV&R) conference, Transforming Violence: Cult,... |
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COV&R 2010 registration is openGather at Notre Dame University this summer to discuss, Transforming Violence: Cult, Culture and Acculturation |
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IMAGE, literary and arts journal, explains mimetic desire…Mankind’s basic urge is not want, as Marx might have it, or sex, as Freud would, but desire. |
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Imitatio-Japan to hold its first meetingA group of 15 scholars both Japanese and foreigners will be gathering at the Tokyo Hilton Hotel February 20th-21st for the first gathering of Imitatio-Japan. |
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New Conference: Apocalissi: Eschatological Imagination in Italian Culture, from Dante to the PresentHeld Oct 9-10th in Cambridge. The conference brings together scholars of literature, art history, philosophy and religion in order to explore the wealth and complexity of Medieval and Early Modern apocalyptic thought in Italy... |
Theology and Peace 2010 Conference: Road to a New Humanity. May 25-27 in Chicago, IL.Theology and Peace gathers theologians, pastors, activists and others to develop the insights of mimetic theory toward the formation of a Christian theology and practice of peace. |
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Mimetic Theory meeting in Bogota June 9th, 2010Scholars, writers, researchers and teachers from across Central And South America will gather in Bogota in June to network and discuss mimetic theory. |
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Imitatio gathers young scholars togetherIn late September ‘09, a group of “young” scholars from around the country gathered at Stanford to meet one another and spend time in conversation with René Girard and Bob Hamerton-Kelly. |
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History is a test. Mankind is failing it.René Girard scrutinizes the human condition from creation to apocalypse. Stanford Magazine/July-August 2009/CYNTHIA HAVEN |
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Understanding New Wars Conference – February 12-13, 2010 CambridgeThis conference explores the masks of new wars from the perspective of longue durée civilisational dynamics and to discern anthropological, psychological, and even spiritual forms of reciprocity underlying new wars. |
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From Animal to Human: Rethinking the Evolutionary InterfaceAn interdisciplinary symposium revisiting Darwin's science of origins and exploring the evolutionary 'Big Picture' with René Girard. Hosted Oct 16-17th at Cambridge |
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Raven Foundation Essay ContestThe Raven Foundation Essay Contest provides an opportunity to broaden awareness of mimetic theory by communicating the theme of the 2010 COV&R conference, Transforming Violence: Cult, Culture, and Acculturation, in the language... |
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The Atlantic Monthly shares Rene Girard insights for Good FridayBeginning with the story of Cain and Abel, the Bible proclaims the innocence of mythical victims and the guilt of their victimizers. Living after the widespread promulgation of the gospel, we find this natural and never pause to... |
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2009 COV&R meeting is July 8-12th in LondonTopic is Fearful Symmetries: Religion, Co-existence and the Secular. |
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Imitatio Education Committee Meets in BrazilIn February, the committee gathered to discuss how best to foster support for Mimetic Theory teaching and study. |
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Discover The Wicked Truth About Love: The Tangles of DesireRaven Foundation Co-Founder, Suzanne Ross, examines the trials and travails of romantic love through the lens of mimetic theory in her new book, The Wicked Truth About Love: The Tangles of Desire. |