Revenge of the Scapegoat | with Luke Burgis

I talk with Luke Burgis, an author and expert of René Girard. He's written a book called 'Wanting: the Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life'. Today we discuss Girard, the problem and solution of sacrifice, Christianity, desire and rivalry, our modern concern for victims after the World Wars, the formation of Antichrist, cancel culture and more. Enjoy.Luke Burgis' book, 'Wanting: the Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life': https://www.amazon.com/Wanting-Power-Mimetic-Desire-Everyday/dp/1250262488/Luke's Substack: https://read.lukeburgis.com/Luke's website and newsletter: https://lukeburgis.com/=======Timestamps:00:00:00 - Coming up next...00:01:00 - Intro music00:01:24 - Introduction00:01:47 - Girard and desire00:03:27 - The desire for transcendence00:06:22 - Mimetic desire00:09:12 - The Influencer: the desire vortex00:11:01 - Love/hate rivalry00:12:42 - Different kinds of transcendence00:14:01 - Sports00:15:13 - Collapsing hierarchy and difference00:18:24 - Girard and sacrifice00:23:03 - How to understand Christian sacrifice00:30:13 - Cannibalism and suicide00:33:48 - A familiar enough sacrifice00:37:50 - The sacrifices of WW200:42:21 - Things hidden since the foundation00:46:54 - The concern for victims00:49:44 - Girard's Antichrist00:51:13 - Honoring the scapegoat00:58:25 - The personification of evil01:00:58 - The scapegoat mechanism evolving01:09:21 - Hypocrisy01:10:08 - The miracle of breaking the cycle of scapegoating=======- The Symbolic World website and blog: http://www.thesymbolicworld.com- Merch: http://www.thesymbolicworld.store- The Language of Creation (Matthieu Pageau): https://www.amazon.com/Language-Creation-Cosmic-Symbolism-Genesis-ebook/dp/B07D738HD8- Carving workshop: https://jonathanpageau.thinkific.com/courses/st-john-baptistThe Symbolic World podcast:- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0gI8bUwPtT3gkduHqNh6M5- Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-symbolic-world/id1386867488More videos from The Symbolic World:- Odysee: https://odysee.com/@thesymbolicworld:2- Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JonathanPageauClips- French Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JonathanPageaufrançais- Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/pageaujonathan/- Dtube: https://steemit.com/@symbolismJoin the conversation:- Unofficial Facebook discussion group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1989208418065298/- The Symbolic World Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSymbolicWorld/Support this channel: - Website: https://thesymbolicworld.com/support/- Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/pageauvideos- Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/jonathan-pageau- Paypal: http://www.paypal.me/JonathanPageauSocial media links:- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheSymbolicWorld- Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/pageaujonathan- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathan.pageauMy intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.My website designers, Anomalist Design: https://www.anomalistdesign.com/