Tribute Film on René Girard -- Wolfgang Palaver скачать в хорошем качестве

Tribute Film on René Girard -- Wolfgang Palaver

Remembering Professor René Girard: A Tribute Among artists, thinkers and geniuses who I’ve met and worked with, no one has influenced and changed my life more than Professor René Girard. I knew about him when I was a teenager and lived in Paris. There I saw him on Bernard Pivot’s television program Apostrophes. Yet it took till the Summer of 1992 when I made an appointment with his secretary, Margret Tompkins, to talk to him about his books, theory and ideas. We started off by talking about Shakespeare and theater, which naturally led to discussing life, art, literature, religion, and the state of the world. He always smiled, listened patiently and answered honestly and often with a warm laughter. My interaction and encounter with him enabled me to ask him the most simple or complicated questions. He loved and welcomed challenges with either a direct look, or with a smile and warm laughter. That summer as we discussed life, literature, culture, his books and theory, I asked him directly: “Professor Girard, if you say God exists, then why did he let World War II take place?” That question led to summer long discussion where we met over coffee or lunch at the University coffee house. The Summer of 1992 I became his student, friend and teaching assistant shortly after. With time, I also got to know to know his wife, Martha, and his children, Martin, Daniel and Mary. The encounter was a revolution. If my meeting and encounter with him changed me 180 degrees and was a revolution, I wanted to know how he impacted his other students, colleagues, and friends. I set out to discover this by asking 5 simple questions from all those who knew him and had worked with him. The collection of the interviews as it stands is a rich testament to Professor Girard both as a scholar as well as a genuine and gracious human being and individual. They begin with his early days at Johns Hopkins and Buffalo University and move on to cover his years at Stanford University and COV&R (Colloquium on Violence and Religion) – an organization dedicated to his thought. This tribute project is now posted on this YouTube channel for those who are interested in Professor Girard, his life, his thought and legacy.