However, one of the chapters of the Conversations book has the title “Mimetic Desire: Shakespeare rather than Plato.” (You can picture my grimace if you’d like.) There are really only a few terse mentions of Plato in the chapter from which I will quote. Note that the book is an ex...
Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook mimetic desire concept which refers to the inter-dividual nature of desire. The idea of mimetic desire was introduced by the French thinker ReneGIRARD. It has since been appropriated by the American philosopher/anthropologist Eric Gans whoseGENERATIVE ANTHROPO...
Modernity has, in effect, caused people to fall into the trap of thinking that one can do what one pleases, despite the fact that the trappings of modern culture cause us to fall farther and farther down the rabbit hole of mimetic desire. Scott Cowdell, Rene Girard and Secular Modernity: ...
在亚洲(中国和日本),modernism一开始就带Western origin的意味 Globality and the Geography of Mimetic Desire Rey Chowmimetic desire The desire to imitate a powerful other in order to gain recognition from that other as an equal Adopt the particular aesthetic styles associated with cultural prestige, and...
Related to mimetic: mimetic desiremi·met·ic (mĭ-mĕt′ĭk, mī-) adj. 1. Relating to, characteristic of, or exhibiting mimicry. 2. a. Of or relating to an imitation; imitative. b. Using imitative means of representation: a mimetic dance. [Greek mīmētikos, from mīmēsis, mim...
Mimetic desire (MD), the spontaneous propensity to pursue goals that others pursue, is a case of social influence that is believed to shape preferences. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is defined by both atypical interests and altered social interaction. We investigated whether MD is lower in adul...
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Mimetic desire is responsible for the formation of our very identities。 It explains why Peter Thiel decided to be the first investor in Facebook, the enduring relevancy of Shakespeare's plays and why our world is growing more divided as it becomes more connected。
But he first presentedmimetictheory in a book about literature. Men denmimetiskateorin utformades ursprungligen i en bok om litteratur. Literature “Great” novels, for Girard, are those that end by exposing the illusory and pernicious quality ofmimeticdesire. ...
This chapter is in the bookMimesis and Theory MimeticDesireintheUnderground:FeodorDostoevsky[1997]Mimeticdesireisoftenregardedasanartificialconstruct,a"reduc-tionist"devicethatimpoverishestheliteraryworkstowhichitis"applied."Duringmyentirecareer,the"reductionist"objectionhasdoggedmybookswiththeregularityofa Pavlovian...