As usual, most of my posts are free and will remain so, but a few of them sometimes won’t, for a number of reasons. This is one of them, for the same reasons both others of the same theme are paywalled.
Normal posts coming soon, maybe in a few hours, the latest sometime tomorrow.
For any subscriber not versed into Girard’s work, here is a decent starting point.
the pseud's guide to rene girard
This source, from Stanford, while more academic, is also a good place.