Episode 113: Mormonsim and Mimetic Violence

(https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/sites/default/files/knowhy-img/2016/7/main/eternalsacrifice.jpg) Join Lindsay as she discusses the theories of mob psychology, mimetic violence, sacrifice, and how polygamous doctrine interacts with those theories.     Links mentioned in this podcast: * Milgram experiment (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment) * Violence and the Sacred by Rene Girard (https://www.amazon.com/Violence-Sacred-Ren%C3%A9-Girard/dp/0801822181) * The Scapegoat by Rene Girard (https://www.amazon.com/Scapegoat-Ren%C3%A9-Girard/dp/0801839173/ref=pd_sbs_14_img_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=F4AXDQ02DK7RMPNSQ2MV) * Convergence Theory Intro (http://study.com/academy/lesson/convergence-in-psychology-definition-theory.html) * FAIR Mormon Mountain Meadows Massacre Summary (http://en.fairmormon.org/Mountain_Meadows_Massacre/Summary) * Gustav Le Bon's The Crowd (http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/lebon/Crowds.pdf)