undifferentiation, n.Definitions

Undifferentiation (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠for Lévi-Strauss, only a rhetorical backdrop for the display of differences, while for Girard it is a real social condition.

Undifferentiation (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠ritual is not sought for itself, as Lévi-Strauss thought, but as a road to sharper difference — the unruly pupil knows more about order than the professor.

Undifferentiation (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the real plague in the myth of Oedipus: parricide and incest are contagious because they erase the distinctions on which a society stands.