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Cynthia L. Haven

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@NEHgov Public Scholar; Author: Czesław Miłosz: A California Life; Evolution of Desire: A Life of René Girard. @nytimesbooks @theTLS @thenation @vqr @WSJBooks

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“They come from a tradition that thinks big and bold.” Remembering immortel Michel Serres and the "grand récit" @stanford cynthialhaven.substack.com/p…
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The human delusion seems to be this: We think someone else is always the problem, not ourselves. Human nature always wants either to play the victim or to create victims — and both for the purposes of control. buff.ly/SdDjFYI
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من #پخشان_عزیزی، ۴۲ ساله، مددکار اجتماعی، محکوم به اعدام هستم. صدایم باشید!
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More than 60 Christians killed in Ethiopia 'massacre', church official says bbc.in/4swbUDS
Ethiopia attacks: More than 60 Orthodox Christians killed in Oromia

Ethiopia attacks: More than 60 Orthodox Christians killed in Oromia

One resident, whose 75-year-old father was killed, described it as an ambush, saying they were surrounded.

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A color that gives joy, energy and hope, like orange has never hurt this badly!🧡🧡🧡 #NEVERFORGIVE
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“...Peace on earth and so forth; everything is going to be fine. But the next minute, you know, Herod is killing all the babies in Bethlehem.” — René Girard, CBC
Massacre of the Innocents (detail), by Léon Cogniet, 1824.

ALT Massacre of the Innocents (detail), by Léon Cogniet, 1824.

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@GirardismAug 29
“Good reciprocity, if it can be established in a permanent way, is the kingdom of God. But it's very very difficult.” — René Girard, Interviews pt. 2
Jesus washing the feet of his disciples.

ALT Jesus washing the feet of his disciples.

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arghavan@arghavan402Oct 24
ایلیای ۲۲ ساله پدر و مادر نداره و فقط یه خواهر کوچکتر از خودش داره و به «اعدام» محکوم شده. صدای #ایلیا_بن_رشید باشیم.
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Shahar. Arbel. Omer.🙏🥀 Murdered together by Hamas on October 7. We will never forget 🥀
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Elad Zarad
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Eitan was shot and killed by Hamas while on his way home with his family on the morning of October 7, just one day before his fifth birthday. His father, mother, and eight-year-old sister were also murdered. We will never forget. 🥀
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Peyman Haghighi@Peyman223Oct 25
من #دیانا_طاهرآبادی، ۱۶ ساله، زیر شکنجه ازم اعتراف گرفتند و بهم اتهام محاربه زدند. جانم در خطرست. صدایم باشید!
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“By definition, we know only the scapegoats of others. We don't have any ourselves. That's why we love to talk about scapegoats. We live in a society where everybody talks about scapegoats and no one has any.” — René Girard, a talk given in Sonoma in 1991
The Prophet Nathan rebukes King David – Eugene Siberdt, c. 1897. The story: King David takes Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah, and arranges for Uriah to be killed to conceal his wrongdoing. God sends the prophet Nathan to David, who tells him a story: a rich man with many sheep takes the only lamb of a poor man, a lamb the poor man loves dearly, and prepares it for a guest. David is outraged. He declares that the rich man deserves to die and must repay the poor man fourfold. Nathan then tells him: “Thou art the man!” David has condemned another man without recognising himself in the story. Nathan exposes his hypocrisy: David, despite his wealth and power, has taken another man's wife and caused that man's death.

ALT The Prophet Nathan rebukes King David – Eugene Siberdt, c. 1897. The story: King David takes Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah, and arranges for Uriah to be killed to conceal his wrongdoing. God sends the prophet Nathan to David, who tells him a story: a rich man with many sheep takes the only lamb of a poor man, a lamb the poor man loves dearly, and prepares it for a guest. David is outraged. He declares that the rich man deserves to die and must repay the poor man fourfold. Nathan then tells him: “Thou art the man!” David has condemned another man without recognising himself in the story. Nathan exposes his hypocrisy: David, despite his wealth and power, has taken another man's wife and caused that man's death.

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“Persecutors think they are doing good, the right thing; they believe they are working for justice and truth; they believe they are saving their community.” — René Girard
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Replying to @AlinejadMasih
@UNHumanRights why are these executions being allowed to happen every day? 🥲
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All these forward thinking young Iranians' lives being taken by the regime is devastating. Iran would have been a much better place if the activists were in charge.
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@AlinejadMasihOct 25
I just learned that he has no mother or father to speak up for him. And now the Islamic Republic wants to hang him. His name is Ilya Ben Rashid. He is a young Iranian protester He has a younger sister. Now he is facing a death sentence. He was arrested during the January 2026 protests in Iran. A Revolutionary Court in Isfahan sentenced him to death on charges of “waging war against God” for allegedly damaging public property. He is being held in Dastgerd Prison. Reports say he was denied a lawyer of his choice. Imagine facing execution for demanding freedom. We must become his voice. We must stop his execution. Say his name. Save Ilya Ben Rashid. #StopExecutionsInIran
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Today, the day of Chaucer's death, let me recommend again this exceptional volume, containing, among others: - Chaucer's complete works (including the translations) - a brilliant Introduction - a small introduction to each of the books - explanatory and textual notes (around 400 pages) - a glossary General Editor: Larry D. Benson
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Cynthia L. Haven@chaven30 Jan 2020
Replying to @chaven @MaryPopeOsborne
Should have thought to tag you @beth_hawkins
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