How to use this site

The archive is large — 1,900+ texts over 30 years. These are the ways in, roughly in the order a new reader will want them.

Reading paths

Get a personal reading path

Tell the AI what you work on or what you are stuck on — law, AI, money, writing, leadership, anything — and get a sequenced path of 6–10 texts built from the archive. The path is saved and follows you from text to text, tracking your progress.

Build your path

Introduction

The full introduction to Center Study: the originary hypothesis, the intellectual lineage, and why the discourse is built the way it is. (New here? The 10-minute Start Here is the quicker way in.)

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Ask AI

Ask any question and get a narrative answer synthesized from the full corpus, with the passages it drew on. The fastest way to test the discourse against your own questions.

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Concepts & Glossary

The vocabulary, two ways: core concepts treated in depth with archive passages, and a glossary of working terms with usage drawn from the texts.

Browse the vocabulary →

Search

Full-text search across 1,900+ texts. Every result links to the exact passage, and any term inside a text links back into the vocabulary.

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Download

The full corpus as plain text or markdown — for offline reading, e-readers, or loading into an AI assistant.

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Generative Anthropology

The parent discipline: Eric Gans, the originary hypothesis, and how Center Study extends it. The best single page to share with someone who knows Girard.

Read the overview →

The Lineage

Girard → Gans → Katz, told in their own words: how mimetic theory became generative anthropology became Center Study.

Trace the lineage →

Lectures

Five short introductory lectures, in order — the closest thing to a course. Each pairs a talk with the texts it draws on.

Start the lectures →

FAQ

Direct answers to the questions newcomers actually ask — who writes this, how it relates to Girard, where to begin, and what the unusual terms mean.

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Reading tips

→Inside any text, dotted-underlined terms link to the concept and glossary pages. Turn these off with the “terms” toggle in the reading controls; following one always offers a one-click way back to where you were reading.
→Every text has citation, save, and share tools — plus a clean plain-text view (add /text to any post URL, or use the corpus API) you can hand to a text-to-speech app or an AI.
→Reading controls (top right of any text) set font size and sepia/night modes; your preferences persist.
→Texts you open are remembered locally — your reading path progress and saved texts live in your browser, no account needed.