
a book
Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World
Rene Girard · 1987 · 480 pages
Develops a global theory of culture through the paradox of violence and exclusion serving a social function.
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Peter Thiel
“There's a number of different books that Gerard wrote. I think the magisterial one is probably Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World. It's sort of part psychology, part anthropology, part history.”↗
