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Aristotle defines man as the political and rational animal, but the readings in this book are guided by his observation that "man differs from other animals in his greater aptitude for imitation."
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victimary hypothesis, deferred appropriation, originary hypothesis, sacrificial expulsion, mimetic hypothesis, conflictual mimesis, unanimous violence, sacrificial scenario, violent doubles, rival doubles, sacrificial origins, fundamental anthropology, sacrificial crisis, mimetic violence, originary violence, mimetic desire, theoretical voice, mimetic rivalry, violent origins, pure war, identification with the victim, surrogate victim, sacrificial practices, wartime journalism
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Plato's Pharmacy, Hannah Arendt, Eric Gans, Monsieur Jourdain, René Girard, Richard Rorty, Michel Serres, The Ethics of Criticism, The Fate of the Earth, Eric Santner, Stranded Objects, Consequences of Pragmatism, Jonathan Schell, Molière's Philosopher, The Post Card, Tobin Siebers, Hors Livre, Negative Dialectics, Paul de Man, The Logic of the Undecidable, Third Reich, Tristes Tropiques
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