Tag Archives: mimetic theory

Mimetic Tangles

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Gil Bailie

“If we project our own mimetic tangles upon society as a whole, the more entangled we are, the more rigid and tyrannical the social order will appear to us, even if, in reality, it is collapsing. To revolutionists of the … Continue reading →

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Episode 2: 2000 years and no new god

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Gil Bailie

A presentation by Gil Bailie recorded in 2003 at the College of the Holy Cross – “The Anatomy of Evil” conference . https://storage.cornerstone-forum.org/KFBG_02_2KYrsNNG_podcast.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 56:32 — 22.9MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | … Continue reading →

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Episode 2: Introduction to Mimetic Theory

Posted on April 1, 2020 by The Cornerstone Forum

This is a recording of a presentation by René Girard at the 2002 meeting of the Colloquium on Violence and Religion held at Purdue University. https://storage.cornerstone-forum.org/VS-02_IntroMT.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:16:21 — 30.6MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts … Continue reading →

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Episode 1: Friday Afternoon Stanford Seminar with René Girard – 2006

Posted on April 1, 2020 by The Cornerstone Forum

This recording was made in 2006 during one of the informal Friday afternoon seminars which professor René Girard and those interested in his work had been convening since the late 1980’s. The seminars were generally held every two weeks when … Continue reading →

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Gil Bailie Interviewed on The Patrick Coffin Show

Posted on January 6, 2020 by Randy Coleman-Riese

  Recently Patrick Coffin released on YouTube and his website an interview with Gil Bailie recorded in the Fall of 2019. For those who know and follow our work the 80 minute interview offers a kind of primer as Patrick … Continue reading →

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A California Yankee in Innsbruck

Posted on July 12, 2019 by Randy Coleman-Riese

The Colloquium on Violence and Religion’s 2019 conference is winding up what seems to have recently become its annual attempt to distance itself from René Girard’s Christian and Catholic sensibilities. That this is done in the name of Girard’s understanding … Continue reading →

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René Girard Via First Things

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Randy Coleman-Riese

The journal First Things has recently featured on its website a short essay by Peter J. Leithart entitled ‘Clashing Victimocracies!’  The author explores the privileged and problematic position of the ‘victim’ in current social and political debate. In doing so … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Randy Coleman-Riese

After having spent the past two and a half years editing and transferring Gil Bailie’s cassette recordings of Reflections on Dante’s Divine Comedy to the world of digital audio, I am now ready to take on the next transition task. … Continue reading →

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