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Staging Sacrifice
Staging Sacrifice
overcoming rivalry
David García-Ramos
2. Mimetic Rivalry
From resentment to
violence there is only
one step and
immediately we find
rivals and victims at
hand: the escalation of
mimetic violence will
take place sooner or
later in spite of
everything.
Come to blows is not only a matter of men... the
mimetic rivalry is a matter of all humankind.
Victims & Mimetic The
3. Scapegoat
Mechanism
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Is sacri ce still working in theater?
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Rodrigo García, Golgota Picnic
The only truth Rodrigo discover is performative:
there is scandal and his only worry is to show the
scandal to the public.