The influence of J.-P. Sartre’s philosophy on the mimetic theory of R. Girard

Certainly Sartre had an enormous influence on the subsequent philosophical thought, primarily in France. Rene Girard did not ignore this thinker either. In article we will look at of Sartre’s philosophy formation Girard’s mimetic theory. Already his early work, “Deceit, Desire and Novel: Self Other Literary Structure”, repeatedly refers to work Sartre, explaining how can be considered context Further, interview with Michel Treger 1992, controversially proposes examine existential-phenomenological constructions by means theory, putting forward vision critical view overcoming Cartesian dualism that finds philosophy. The author considers convergence theory R. some provisions J.-P. turning one main works “Being Nothingness”, which also influenced Girard. It should noted does offer a system describing mechanisms desire. But through prism see certain intuitions reveal us nature desires Sartre.