To Double Business Bound: Essays on Literature, Mimesis and AnthropologyJHU Press, 1988 - 229 Seiten An individual desires an object, not for itself, but because another individual also desires it. This mimetic desire, René Girard contends, lies at the source of all human disorder and order. In brilliant readings of Danta, Camus, Nietzsche, Dostoevski, Lévi-Strauss, Freud, and others, Girard draws out the thesis of mimetic desire—and ponders its suppression in the West since Plato: "The historical mutilation of mimesis. . . was no mere oversight, no fortuitous 'error.' Real awareness of mimetic desire threatens the flattering delusion we entertain not only about ourselves as individuals but also about the nature and origin of that collective self we call our society." |
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... Delirium as System 84 6 . Perilous Balance : A Comic Hypothesis 121 7. The Plague in Literature and Myth 136 8 . Differentiation and Reciprocity in Lévi - Strauss and Contemporary Theory 155 9. Violence and Representation in the ...
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The Mimetic Desire of Paolo and Francesca | 1 |
Camuss Stranger Retried | 9 |
The Underground Critic | 36 |
Strategies of MadnessNietzsche Wagner and Dostoevski | 61 |
Delirium as System | 84 |
A Comic Hypothesis | 121 |
The Plague in Literature and Myth | 136 |
Differentiation and Reciprocity in LéviStrauss and Contemporary Theory | 155 |
Violence and Representation in the Mythical Text | 178 |
An Interview with René Girard | 199 |