“In the end, when politics becomes our religion and the source of our righteousness, as happens in our time of hyper-polarization, it’s no surprise that we come to view our opponents as iniquitous. Clearly, they must be banished from public life.” 🧵thefp.pub
“When the whole world is globalized, you’re going to be able to set fire to the whole thing with a single match,” predicted René Girard: thefp.pub
René Girard on human envy, scapegoating, and what would eventually become known as cancel culture: thefp.pub
René Girard refused to accept cancellation—and built a career that revolved around his beliefs. thefp.pub
This week, American literary scholar Cynthia L. Haven spotlights our ninth and final prophet, the late René Girard, whose theory of “mimetic desire” has become especially prescient in our internet age: thefp.pub
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