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Imitatio launches European Summer School – July 2010

The course will give a thorough introduction to Mimetic Theory as formulated by René Girard and his students

The first European Summer School Mimetic Theory will be held from 12 – 25 July in The Netherlands. The course will give a thorough introduction to Mimetic Theory as formulated by René Girard and his students, and aims at offering participants a new insight into the relationship between culture, violence and religion. Girard’s students who are renowned scholars in their respective disciplines of literary critic, theology, anthropology, and philosophy will teach the course.