Girardian Pictures of the American Pandemic

Frames on political and personal responses to COVID-19

What is the meaning of American pandemic politics?

Here are three Girardian answers. An exercise in thesis, antithesis, and synthesis.

First, for those uninitiated, what is René Girard’s fundamental view?

In brief, we imitate others. Not just in their manner of speech, clothing, and cultural practices but in desire. We want the same things as our models. T…