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Center Study branches off from René Girard’s Mimetic Theory and Eric Gans’s Generative Anthropology to create a new discipline grounded in the Originary Hypothesis: the hypothetical origin of humanity in the deferral of violence via representation (language).

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The Lineage

Girard → Gans → Katz

Where Center Study comes from, told in passages drawn directly from the texts — mimesis, the originary scene, the center.

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Put any question to the whole corpus — you get a synthesized answer grounded in direct quotes.

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New, or skeptical? The FAQ takes the common questions and objections head-on — is it falsifiable, how does it differ from Girard and GA, and more.FAQ →

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