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Eric Mauro's avatar

Another great show Brian

And thank you to Henry Oliver for the bbc recommendation.

Chimes at Midnight has a fun tavern scene too.

I have heard Girard claim that the plague motif refers not just to disease but moreso to violence. His Clausewitz book is terrifying but I’m afraid also paralyzing, I hope there’s a way for art to lead us out of that trap.

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C.M.'s avatar

Just like your very good example of the misreading of Robert Frost’s poem, The Road Not Taken, this:

https://axdouglas.substack.com/p/rene-girard-and-the-american-right?r=41wiw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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Brian Chau's avatar

Agreed. I've done several episodes related to the difference between mainstream academic/conservative academic/tech/MAGA interpretations of Girard:

https://www.fromthenew.world/p/jon-askonas-propaganda-to-the-end

https://www.fromthenew.world/p/benjamin-teitelbaum-the-civil-war

I may give a written article of this topic, if that would interest you.

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