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The victim/god identity, along with the scapegoat theory of culture described in the lecture, derives from the interesting French thinker (and Stanford prof) Re

by gruseom 14y ago

The victim/god identity, along with the scapegoat theory of culture described in the lecture, derives from the interesting French thinker (and Stanford prof) René Girard.

Eliezer 14y ago
(Of whom Peter Thiel is a known fan.)
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elderberry 14y ago
it actually comes from batman vengeful, vigilante, uses fear and intimidation, but fights crime and never kills people paranoid, schizoid, extremely brilliant orphan billionaire philanthropist extreme insider+outsider
- jlipps 14y ago
  I actually think Christopher Nolan or whoever else was involved in writing the recen batman movies are also familiar with Girard: http://www.jonathanlipps.com/blog/2008/07/the-dark-knight-and-rene-girard/ http://www.jonathanlipps.com/blog/2008/07/the-dark-knight-an...
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