Girard was wrong. Mimesis does not require rivalry. Done right, it can be a force for good.
Rene Girard's most famous idea is mimetic desire: the idea that humans don't come up with their own desires so much as we learn what to reach for watching others reach. It's not always the case, but there's more truth to it than we'd like to admit.His follow-up claim is [...]
Ukraine Still Stands. Remember Two of the Reasons Why.
"Resilience. Ukraine still stands, against all odds. It's a miracle. There is no rational explanation." — Yaroslav Hrytsak, Ukrainian historian
3 years of fighting. 500,000+ wounded, 100,000+ dead as of January.
And yet, Ukraine still stands. Those are statistics, but here [...]