Intimate Domain: Desire, Trauma, and Mimetic Theory
(Part of the Studies in Violence, Mimesis, and Culture (SVMC) Series)
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For Ren Girard, human life revolves around mimetic desire, which regularly manifests itself in acquisitive rivalry when we find ourselves wanting an object because another wants it also. Noting that mimetic desire is driven by our sense of inadequacy or insufficiency, Girard arrives at a profound insight: our desire is not fundamentally directed toward the other's object but toward the other's being. We perceive the other to possess a fullness of...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1611861284
ISBN13:9781611861280
Release Date:October 2014
Publisher:Michigan State University Press
Length:414 Pages
Weight:1.25 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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