The Invention of Blame (The Scapegoat Mechanism)
48,896What is blame? What happens when you assign responsibility to someone else, or to a group of people, and use that to inform how you treat them? What does scapegoating accomplish, and what is the root cause of tribalism?
Kevin examines philosopher René Girard’s Mimetic Desire and Scapegoat Mechanism concepts to unearth the very core of human behavior and how we function as a society. It all starts with babies imitating adults immediately out of the womb, and it ends with burning disco albums at a baseball game. Somehow that bizarre human journey all makes sense -- and you’ll know more about yourself and the world around you.
**** LINKS AND SOURCES ****
BOOKS
The Scapegoat by René Girard on Amazon
http://geni.us/TheScapegoat
Evolution and Conversion: Dialogues on the Origins of Culture by René Girard on Amazon
http://geni.us/EvolutionAndConversion
René Girard and Myth by Richard Golsan on Amazon
http://geni.us/ReneGirardandMyth
Mimesis and Science: Empirical Research on Imitation and the Mimetic Theory of Culture and Religion by Scott R. Garrels on Amazon
http://geni.us/MimesisAndScience
Patterns of Culture by Ruth Benedict on Amazon
http://geni.us/PatternsOfCulture
RESOURCES
René Girard
http://www.iep.utm.edu/girard/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNkSBy5wWDk
https://vimeo.com/123072513
http://180rule.com/rene-girards-mimetic-theory-the-scapegoat/
https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=29620
Waiting For The Barbarians by C. P. Cavafy
http://www.cavafy.com/poems/content.asp?id=119&cat=1
RESEARCH
Orgins Of The Modern Mind: Three Stages In The Evolution Of Culture And Cognition by Merlin Donald
http://cognitrn.psych.indiana.edu/busey/q551/PDFs/DonaldEvolution.pdf
Born To Learn: What Infants Learn From Watching Us by Andrew Meltzoff
http://ilabs.washington.edu/meltzoff/pdf/99Meltzoff_BornToLearn.pdf
Imitation Of Facial And Manual Gestures by Human Neonates by Andrew Meltzoff and M. Keith Moore
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/198/4312/75
ASSET CREDITS
René Girard Interview by Rev Dr Steven E Berry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWsU5rXDFVc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN9-PFCJMQQ
CARTA: Is the Human Mind Unique? -- Merlin Donald: Skilled Performance and Artistry by UCTV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EOKOKp2QlM
Dodson’s Hollywood Monkey Stars by Chevrolet News Newsreel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-z1b0JZxgc
Maltese Dog Dancing And Eating An Orange by Gerardo Camba
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgX_Ur6T3g8
Experiments with chimpanzees, works of N. Ladygina-Kohts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8imskoHgAb0
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https://www.youtube.com/user/MadeYewLook
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https://www.youtube.com/user/marydoodles
Dianna - Physics Girl
https://www.youtube.com/user/physicswoman
Derek - Veritasium
https://www.youtube.com/user/1veritasium
Jake - Vsauce3
https://www.youtube.com/user/Vsauce3
Michael - Vsauce1
https://www.youtube.com/user/Vsauce
VSAUCE CREDITS
Written, Produced, Edited and Hosted by Kevin Lieber
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Contributing Researcher & Editor Matthew Tabor, Koala Fight Media
http://koala.fm/
VFX by Eric Langlay
https://www.youtube.com/c/ericlanglay
Sound Design by Jay Pellizzi
http://jaypellizzi.com/
Select Music by Jake Chudnow
https://www.youtube.com/user/jakechudnow
Special Thanks Paula Lieber
https://twitter.com/pixichuu
Special Thanks Andrew Meltzoff, Ph.D.
http://ilabs.uw.edu/institute-faculty/bio/i-labs-andrew-n-meltzoff-phd
Special Thanks Dr. Richard J. Golsan
http://glasscock.tamu.edu/about-us/glasscock-center-staff/richard-j-golsan-director/
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