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René Girard on Post-communist Countries - Dictionary of Arguments
Krastev I 12 Post-communist countries/Girard/Krastev: Girard’s insight into the persistent tendency of imitation to breed resentment, while based almost exclusively on the analysis of literary texts, is (...) highly pertinent to understanding why a contagious uprising against liberal democracy began in the post-communist world. (>Imitation/Girard). Krastev: By drawing attention to the inherently conflictual nature of imitation, he helps us to see democratization after communism in an entirely new light. His theory suggests that the problems we face today arise less from a natural relapse into bad habits of the past than from a backlash against a perceived Imitation Imperative promulgated after the fall of the Berlin Wall. >Imitation/Girard. Fukuyama: While Fukuyama was confident that the Age of Imitation would be endlessly boring, Girard was more prescient, foretelling its potential for incubating the kind of existential shame that can fuel explosive upheaval. Cf. >F. Fukuyama._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Girard, René Krastev I Ivan Krastev Stephen Holmes The Light that Failed: A Reckoning London 2019 |
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