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René Girard, Sacrifice, and the Eucharist
… of the theory of sacrifice proposed by René Girard. Specifically, I consider the Eucharist within the context of the sacrificial nature of Christianity, a matter of some controversy as regards both the early thought of Girard and those who have taken up and developed his thought. In his early …
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The Martyr’s Desire: Levinas, Girard, and Infinite Responsibility
… Levinas’s conception of the subject alongside Girard’s analysis of mimetic desire, out of which develops a different desire, which I here name “expropriative desire.” In the move from appropriation to expropriation, a space is opened for the aforementioned politics of recurrence, with an …
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Temperature induced changes in the territorial dynamics of Cyprinodon macularius Baird and Girard
Behavior is qualitatively and quantitatively modified by the environment. Thus, any consideration of behavior must take into consideration the environmental conditions present. The present study evaluates the interrelationship between one environmental condition (temperature) and a measurable …
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Girard d'Athee and the Men from the Touraine Their Roles under King John
Girard d'Athée and the Men from the Touraine Their Roles under King John Clause 50 of Magna Carta 1215 proscribes a group of men who are never again to hold office in England. They are described as Girard d'Athée's relatives (parentes), and although some of their names appear, no reasons are given …
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Estudios biológicos sobre procambarus clarkii girard (decapoda cambaridae) en las marismas del bajo Guadalquivir
Procambarus clarkii Girard, es un cangrejo de agua dulce, vulgarmente conocido como cangrejo americano o rojo, originario de Estados Unidos (zona Sur central) y México (zona Noreste) (HOBBS, 1972 a). Fue introducido en Las Marismas del Bajo Guadalquivir en 1974 y debido a que presenta una alta tasa …
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Girard Desargues, the architectural and perspective geometry: a study in the rationalization of figure
Girard Desargues (1951-1662) was a key figure in the transformation of architectural geometry from its ancient and venerated status as transcendental knowledge and supreme reality to a mere technological instrument for the control of building construction practice. As a friend of Rene Descartes and …
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Nutritional Relationship between the Copepod Parasite CHAROPINUS DENTATUS (Wilson) (Lernaeopodidae) and the Skate Host, RAJA BINOCULATA Girard
… collected from the skate host, Raja, binoculata Girard, 1,615 (89.87.) were obtained from the mucosa lining the mouth and pharynx. None were collected from the gill filaments. Host tissue damage was not seen grossly or microscopically around the attached parasite nor did the gut contents of …
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Modal and fixpoint linear logic.
… semantics of modal logic to model J.-Y. Girard's linear logic extended with general modalities. This work extends the work of M. D'Agostino, D. Gabbay, and A. Russo on modalities in implication systems, which include a fragment of linear logic, and the work of J.-Y. Girard on phase …
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A Serra dos Órgãos como barreira biogeográfica para peixes dos gêneros Astyanax Baird e Girard (1854) e Deuterodon Eigenmann (1907) (Teleostei : Characiformes : Characidae)
The species from the genera Astyanax Baird and Girard (1854) and Deuterodon Eigenmann (1907) distributed in the region of Serra dos Órgãos, part of Serra do Mar in the State of Rio de Janeiro, are reviewd. Astyanax giton Eigenmann (1908), A. hastatus Meyers (1928), A. janeiroensis Eigenmann (1908) …
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My Blood of the (New) Covenant: An Assessment of René Girard's Soteriology in Light of the Covenantal Milieu of the Last Supper Sayings
This study assesses René Girard's claims regarding the Gospels' understanding of Jesus' death. Though Girard contends that the Gospels never depict Jesus' death as an atonement for sin, there are significant passages that Girard avoids discussing like the Last Supper sayings in the Synoptic …
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Who is like God? : divine versus demonic authority in the works of Dostoevsky and Flannery O'Connor.
… Dostoevsky and Flannery O'Connor, using René Girard's theory of mimesis. O'Connor and Dostoevsky recognize the rejection of divine authority as the central religious problem of the modern world. Though their continents and centuries differ, the two writers lived in comparable cultures: the …
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A violent origin : a Girardian analysis of the scapegoating of Ali ibn Abu Talib in Shi'ite tradition
This dissertation applies Rene Girard's theory of the scapegoat mechanism to prove that Ali ibn Abu Talib appears in Shi'ite traditions as an innocent victim. The aim is to investigate Girard's substantial body of work to determine whether Ali was a scapegoat and a victim of a conspiracy within his …
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Tetragonopterinae (Cypriniformes, Characoidei, Characidae) capturados na Bacia do rio Ivaí, Estado do Paraná, Brasil
… between the two subspecies of Astyanax Baird & Girard, 1854 occuring the more frequently: Astyanax bimaculatus bimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Astyanax fasciatus fasciatus (Cuvier, 1819) were determined.
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Helmintos de populações simpátricas de algumas espécies de anfíbios anuros da família Leptodac tylidae
… L. mystacinus (Burmeister, 1861), L. caliginosus Girard, 1853, L. marmoratus (Steindachner, 1867), Phyalaemus signiferus (Girard, 1853) and P. soaresi Izecksohn, 1965. A total of 1,098 helminths were obtained, representing the following species: Mesococliun monas (Rudolphi, 1819) Oxyascaris …
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Le manuel scolaire de français, entre production locale et fabrique de savoirs. Le cas des manuels et de leurs concepteurs dans le canton de Vaud au 19e siècle
… sa disciplinarisation. Sous l’impulsion du père Girard de Fribourg, l’enseignement du français sera progressivement envisagé comme un tout qui lie lecture, écriture, grammaire, orthographe et composition. Les auteurs de manuels scolaires développent alors des ouvrages relatifs à ces …
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The Ritualization of Violence in <em>The Magic Toyshop</em>
… use <em>Violence and the Sacred</em> by Rene Girard that examines the way primitive cultures are able to maintain order through particular religious beliefs and collective violence against a scapegoat. My critical reading of the text will look closely at how Philip uses the pseudo-sacred to …
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