i.e. did Girard ever admit that some scapegoats can be guilty - or is it that scapegoat by definition is unjust, as guilt is unfairly attributed to its subject?

“Clinging to myself is a sure way to lose myself. That is to say, trying to save one’s life is a sure way to lose it. A “true self” is a set of relationships, as mimetic theory would have it. What makes such a set of relationships constitute a true self is its grounding in God, from which the self reaches out to others with God’s creative love. If we lose ourselves, we will find it. The true self is gift planted in us by God, like a mustard seed. … And as the seed within us grows into a flourishing self, many other people will expand the self by resting in our branches. The more one wills one’s own true self, the more one will also will the true self of other people.” - Andrew Marr, OSB

Read it here: https://thenewinquiry.com/the-scapegoating-machine/

I see in the index of "Deceit, Desire, and the Novel" there are references to Brothers Karamazov, Crime & Punishment, The Eternal Husband, The Idiot, Notes from Underground, Poor Folk, The Possessed, A Raw Youth, and White Nights (apparently in alphabetical order). Which would you say are the most important for following Girard's arguments?

Hey guys,

I created a telegram group where we can discuss the mimesis theory:

https://t.me/Mimesistheory

Rene Girard and political anthropology -- Prof Arpad Szakolczai

Girard and human psychology -- Prof Paul Stenner

Girard and sexual violence -- Dr David Tombs, Director of Post Conflict Justice Centre, TCD

Girard, peacebuilding and the north of Ireland - Dr Duncan Morrow (UU/ Corrymeela)

Rene Girard's mimetic theory: an 'anti-political theology'? - Dr Michael Kirwan