@article{ART002050781},
author={Jong won, Lee},
title={The Ethical Problem of Scapegoating mechanismand Violence - Focusing on the Mimesis theory and Scapegoating mechanism of René Girard -},
journal={Philosophical Investigation},
issn={1598-7213},
year={2015},
volume={40},
pages={273-301},
doi={10.33156/philos.2015.40..010}
TY - JOUR
AU - Jong won, Lee
TI - The Ethical Problem of Scapegoating mechanismand Violence - Focusing on the Mimesis theory and Scapegoating mechanism of René Girard -
JO - Philosophical Investigation
PY - 2015
VL - 40
IS - null
PB - Institute of philosophy in Chung-Ang Univ.
SP - 273
EP - 301
SN - 1598-7213
AB - I want to analyze critically the problems of violence focusing on the Mimesis theory and Scapegoat mechanism of René Girard. I surveyed the origins of violence that endanger the individual and the society and want to suggest the solutions to it.
According to Girard, victim mechanism is the phenomenon that the tendency toward violence transfers collectively. When the community runs into danger because of reciprocal conflict, it tends to remove the violence through pouring the reciprocal hatred into the weak or minorities. Imposing the scapegoat with all responsibility for their conflict, the community sacrifice him. As a result, the community begin to recover stability and peace.
The victim mechanism is a useful instrument to save the community from crisis and to stop a vicious circle of violence. The function of the victim is to stabilize the community and prevent an explosion from the conflict. The victims are so weak that they aren't able to retaliate or seek revenge. The violence toward the scapegoat is related to all of the community because all of them participate in this violence. Thus this violence is based on unanimity.
The victim mechanism has problems straightening the power structure of the victimizer and justifying the sacrifice of the depressor. But from the viewpoint of victims, it is just another act of violence even if it brought about a good goal and an efficient result.
The victim has double faces of the sacred and the evil. The sacred victim comes out of these double functions. This has become the cause of violence and also brought communities peace. But victim mechanism is a temporary band-aid. When the community faces a crisis, it causes a vicious circle.
Sacrificial ritual contains the collective crime. To make our world more just and peaceful, first of all, we must overcome victim mechanism. For this purpose, we must meditate on the spirit of peace that Jesus revealed to us.
KW - Scapegoat;Mimetic rivalry;Scandals;Reciprocal Violence;Victim mechanism;Sacred.
DO - 10.33156/philos.2015.40..010
ER -
Jong won, Lee. (2015). The Ethical Problem of Scapegoating mechanismand Violence - Focusing on the Mimesis theory and Scapegoating mechanism of René Girard -. Philosophical Investigation, 40, 273-301.
Jong won, Lee. 2015, "The Ethical Problem of Scapegoating mechanismand Violence - Focusing on the Mimesis theory and Scapegoating mechanism of René Girard -", Philosophical Investigation, vol.40, pp.273-301. Available from: doi:10.33156/philos.2015.40..010
Jong won, Lee "The Ethical Problem of Scapegoating mechanismand Violence - Focusing on the Mimesis theory and Scapegoating mechanism of René Girard -" Philosophical Investigation 40 pp.273-301 (2015) : 273.
Jong won, Lee. The Ethical Problem of Scapegoating mechanismand Violence - Focusing on the Mimesis theory and Scapegoating mechanism of René Girard -. 2015; 40 273-301. Available from: doi:10.33156/philos.2015.40..010
Jong won, Lee. "The Ethical Problem of Scapegoating mechanismand Violence - Focusing on the Mimesis theory and Scapegoating mechanism of René Girard -" Philosophical Investigation 40(2015) : 273-301.doi: 10.33156/philos.2015.40..010
Jong won, Lee. The Ethical Problem of Scapegoating mechanismand Violence - Focusing on the Mimesis theory and Scapegoating mechanism of René Girard -. Philosophical Investigation, 40, 273-301. doi: 10.33156/philos.2015.40..010
Jong won, Lee. The Ethical Problem of Scapegoating mechanismand Violence - Focusing on the Mimesis theory and Scapegoating mechanism of René Girard -. Philosophical Investigation. 2015; 40 273-301. doi: 10.33156/philos.2015.40..010
Jong won, Lee. The Ethical Problem of Scapegoating mechanismand Violence - Focusing on the Mimesis theory and Scapegoating mechanism of René Girard -. 2015; 40 273-301. Available from: doi:10.33156/philos.2015.40..010
Jong won, Lee. "The Ethical Problem of Scapegoating mechanismand Violence - Focusing on the Mimesis theory and Scapegoating mechanism of René Girard -" Philosophical Investigation 40(2015) : 273-301.doi: 10.33156/philos.2015.40..010
