Capro espiatorio. 'Identificazione di una vittima': conversazione con [René Girard] parte 1

The scapegoat is the key figure through which René Girard interprets the relationship between violence and the sacred in primitive cultures. Christianity revealed this mechanism but seems unable to neutralize it. How does this mechanism survive in secularized society? René Girard discussed all this in a conversation with Gabriella Caramore, recorded in February 1998. Girard also explores the theme of fundamentalism, particularly Christian fundamentalism, but also Islamic fundamentalism.