The Rene Girard's mimetic theory. A critical approach

This study offers a sketch of the main lines of some major critiques and questions that need to be formulated with respect to mimetic theory. We will distinguish two levels. On the one hand, the formal level, referring to the interpretation that Girard offers of authors and texts. On the other hand, it is the level more specifically referring to contents and conceptualizations, in reference to his two fundamental elements, the mimetic desire and the scapegoat.