mimetic desire
- René Girard, theologian discovered that most of what we desire is mimetic (mi-met-ik) or imitative, not intrinsic. Humans learn—through imitation—to want the same things other people want, just as they learn how to speak the same language and play by the same cultural rules. Imitation plays a far more pervasive role in our society than anyone had ever openly acknowledged
- Mimetic desire draws people toward things. This draw, this movement … mimesis is to psychology what gravity is to physics, “Evolution of Desire: A Life of René Girard”, James Alison (Girard scholar)
- Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire, and How to Want What You Need, Luke Burgis
- Rene Girard and Myth: An Introduction
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the etiology of the existential vacuum
in contrast to an animal, no drives and instincts tell man what he must do .. unlike man in former times, he is no longer told what he should do by
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enacting behaviour of others
subjective and relative notion … trained observer can tell whether a given action is spontaneous or compulsive what is important to one person is of
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wanting what we already have
“People take vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience—even of silence—by choice … The weasel lives in necessity and we live in choice, hating
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journalism supplies insatiable curiosity
The public discovered that the pen is mightier than the paving-stone, and can be made as offensive as the brickbat. They at once sought for the
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mimesis
a term used in literary criticism and philosophy: imitation, nonsensuous similarity, receptivity, representation, mimicry, the act of
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principles
tenet, raison d'être, ikigai — the truths, beliefs, and principles have to be plural and are refined by every hard choice I make
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unformed adult zelig
The hero of Woody Allen's mockumentary film, Zelig (1983), is an unformed adult who has no sense of himself. He borrows other people's identity, thinking he can be anybody. Actually, he is without a body.
in contrast to an animal, no drives and instincts tell man what he must do .. unlike man in former times, he is no longer told what he should do by
subjective and relative notion … trained observer can tell whether a given action is spontaneous or compulsive what is important to one person is of
“People take vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience—even of silence—by choice … The weasel lives in necessity and we live in choice, hating
The public discovered that the pen is mightier than the paving-stone, and can be made as offensive as the brickbat. They at once sought for the
a term used in literary criticism and philosophy: imitation, nonsensuous similarity, receptivity, representation, mimicry, the act of
tenet, raison d'être, ikigai — the truths, beliefs, and principles have to be plural and are refined by every hard choice I make
The hero of Woody Allen's mockumentary film, Zelig (1983), is an unformed adult who has no sense of himself. He borrows other people's identity, thinking he can be anybody. Actually, he is without a body.