Annihilation: A Failed Sci-Fi Adaptation of René Girard
Based on a book by Jeff VanderMeer, the movie Annihilation[1] is a fairly straightforward presentation of the ideas of René Girard. The book is more nuanced and…
Girard and the Scapegoat
Introduction On another occasion,[1] I employed Hesiod’s contradictory characterizations of Saturn in the Theogony and Works and Days to inquire into the seeming paradox of a filicidal…