mimetic desire
Also known as: mimetic theory
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major reference
- In René Girard: Mimetic desire
The central idea motivating Girard’s varied explorations is what he termed mimetic desire, which he initially developed in his first book, Mensonge romantique et vérité romanesque (1961; Deceit, Desire, and the Novel: Self and Other in Literary Structure). Mimetic (i.e., imitative) desire postulates…
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