<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:48:18 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/girard/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[BANGER OF THE WEEK: Handbook of Mimetic Theory]]></title><description><![CDATA[Although I ran into this tome at the tail end of my journey through Rene Girard, it should easily be the only one that one needs to read in order to gain a proper understanding of this specific man's thought.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aleksaburmazepam/banger-of-the-week-handbook-of-mimetic-theory</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aleksaburmazepam/banger-of-the-week-handbook-of-mimetic-theory</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aleksaburmazepam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2020 08:35:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPPfMb7Zk32VymBcr82LNjJoM9ZWuCtdAnNvkvvkuDZGcG5mFXjw7tpws9xdgm1kmuEyPBLENGN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aleksa's Book Review: Rene Girard's Memetic Theory]]></title><description><![CDATA[A heavily academic explanation of Girard's theories that are better found elsewhere is the quickest way to put it. There's little wrong with the book, but to be quite honest it seems to be retreading the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aleksaburmazepam/aleksa-s-book-review-rene-girard-s-memetic-theory</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aleksaburmazepam/aleksa-s-book-review-rene-girard-s-memetic-theory</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aleksaburmazepam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2020 19:36:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQSWXbGuc5eC6pYeBqVydADU4Fqq9QjRKMw2G7MXCCLLL7gnwfiYowVcyqsZwdy5UDXKT9TikX8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aleksa's Book Review: The Girard Reader]]></title><description><![CDATA[Presented as a collection of Girard's essays, this is a comprehensive if somewhat basic work explaining the thinking of Girard. Particularly interesting are the pieces on Freudism, Nietzsche's representation]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aleksaburmazepam/aleksa-s-book-review-the-girard-reader</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aleksaburmazepam/aleksa-s-book-review-the-girard-reader</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aleksaburmazepam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2020 19:24:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNzC3fDHGMzt5g2KF176eMSuMb1bSW1inkUUFnvEB8j37GNeeF9dieqsZsDBG1wXjpip5SBhBcJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aleksa's Book Review: Can we Survive]]></title><description><![CDATA[Probably the weakest in the Girard saga, this is an exhortation of all the things about Girard that are not good, from a theologian apologists' point of view. Entirely too dry unless cheerleading its own]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aleksaburmazepam/aleksa-s-book-review-can-we-survive</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aleksaburmazepam/aleksa-s-book-review-can-we-survive</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aleksaburmazepam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 09 Feb 2020 08:13:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQHCBpTrzDM3oeU7MUe177axgoRYtnEwrK59ZK3jU4P4etZZZXD1HSwD6bDwhrBgQRVjosKdtSJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aleksa's Book Review: Battling to the End]]></title><description><![CDATA[In his conversations with dear Benoit, Rene discusses primarily the role that Clausewitz played in western thought, elevating him almost to the level of Nietzsche in his contribution. Expansion upon this]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aleksaburmazepam/aleksa-s-book-review-battling-to-the-end</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aleksaburmazepam/aleksa-s-book-review-battling-to-the-end</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aleksaburmazepam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Feb 2020 09:58:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQbnpFG41ezjTn8GECaZEJuGGGpEUKRG18nMCbQjMd7AVxeb25cd7fd6zsFvSJU4h5BERmEmxEA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aleksa's Book Review: Violent Origins]]></title><description><![CDATA[With the first half of the book being a treatise by Gerard on various anthropological themes found in multiple societies the world over and their deeper meaning, and the second half being a whirlwind of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aleksaburmazepam/aleksa-s-book-review-violent-origins</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aleksaburmazepam/aleksa-s-book-review-violent-origins</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aleksaburmazepam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Feb 2020 09:50:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNqZnSJiqzGyoeuSLgaKRXvm89uctKqBfuw6ACsp922o2zEdFchJaf31XmNdUbSCjfNKn6K7P9G?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aleksa's Book Review: Rene Girard & Secular Modernity]]></title><description><![CDATA[I believe I first heard of Rene Girard during Peter Thiel's appearance on the portal with Eric Weinstein. Before that I had no idea that the man existed. As he was explaining that mimetic theory was one]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aleksaburmazepam/aleksa-s-book-review-rene-girard-and-secular-modernity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aleksaburmazepam/aleksa-s-book-review-rene-girard-and-secular-modernity</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aleksaburmazepam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:01:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNugNZ1rYyaibnAwiKy2b1uRAVNKd2sx3hNmQRRF7T7Acb45eFxM6CmX6Dv977yZ3ZGw5sKnrTx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[girard perregaux Laureato ☝️ such a fine watch 🤩👌]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/appics/@oldjazz/appics-v1-appics-im-65066</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/appics/@oldjazz/appics-v1-appics-im-65066</guid><category><![CDATA[appics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[oldjazz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Dec 2019 17:57:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWNnTyuNyi9HXetezAgmM2NN4jTtLVdkfXUvRhjxcv6JUyP8rktHJvdWPHrKFVDtzBoJhAEiEHkZDQJFMKWzu2pKihJ4KptYv4mpjCsZWd3d?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[iliski's Feed : 2019/07/14 17:25:17]]></title><description><![CDATA[#actnearn . #VisageVision #162 vintage #girard aviators in red. 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