Mimesis and Science : Empirical Research on Imitation and the Mimetic Theory of Culture and Religion.
Title:
Mimesis and Science : Empirical Research on Imitation and the Mimetic Theory of Culture and Religion.
Author:
Garrels, Scott R.
ISBN:
9781609172381
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (279 pages)
Series:
Studies in Violence, Mimesis, & Culture
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Human Imitation: Historical, Philosophical, and Scientific Perspectives / Scott R. Garrels -- Part 1: Imitation in Child Development and Adult Psychology -- Chapter 2: From Universal Mimesis to the Self Formed by Desire / Jean-Michel Oughourlian -- Chapter 3: Out of the Mouths of Babes: Imitation, Gaze, and Intentions in Infant Research - the "Like Me" Framework / Andrew N. Meltzoff -- Chapter 4: Emotions and Mimesis / Paul Dumouchel -- Chapter 5: The Two Sides of Mimesis: Mimetic Theory, Embodied Simulation, and Social Identification / Vittorio Gallese -- Part 2: Imitation in Human Evolution, Culture, and Religion -- Chapter 6: Imitation, Communion, and Culture / Ann Cale Kruger -- Chapter 7: Imitation and Violence: Empirical Evidence and the Mimetic Model / Mark R. Anspach -- Chapter 8: Sacred Violence, Mimetic Rivalry, and War / Melvin Konner -- Chapter 9: Desire, Mimesis, and the Phylogeny of Freedom / William B. Hurlbut -- Chapter 10: Naturalizing Mimetic Theory / Jean-Pierre Dupuy -- Chapter 11: Mimesis and Science: An Interview with Rene Girard / Scott R. Garrels -- Contributors -- Index.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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