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Analysis and understanding of Rene Gerard. Analysis and understanding of Rene Gerard. please only focus on mimetic desire and violence according to Girard.
lecture notes are only provided for you to understand, please do not refer to them. a student should move beyond summarizing information from the readings.

The final paper requires students to engage analytically and critically with anthropological readings on violence and the origins of culture. Every social scientific or humanistic theorist assumes that people’s acts (in this case acts of violence) are guided by a specific rationale—a basis for action. Their explanatory framework involves relating conceptual constructs to observable phenomena. The final paper should interpret and evaluate the theoretical framework of anthropologist René Girard. When reading Girard for the assignment, the student is asked to infer not only how Girard thinks people behave, but why Girard thinks people behave as they do. The purpose of the assignment is not to repeat Girard’s position, but to argue Girard’s position and make his assumptions, key concepts, and conclusions explicit for the reading

Analysis and understanding of Rene Gerard

Analysis and understanding of Rene Gerard