Abstract

The affection would be impossible for me to talk about, but our direction is clear. What René Girard asked for—from friends, opponents, simply readers—was to test his hypothesis in all the fields, especially the ones into which he had made headway. Whether he is right, or whether the human data require some new reflection, we ought to work even harder now that he is gone.The question of a special issue came up. I take solace and counsel from what Benoît Chantre told the Parisian journalists who asked him to identify Girard’s inner circle. René and Martha Girard worked as hard as any two could to keep just one circle...