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Intimate Domain: Desire, Trauma, and Mimetic Theory (Studies in Violence, Mimesis, & Culture)
Intimate Domain Desire Trauma and Mimetic Theory - Studies in Violence, Mimesis, & Culture
Author: Martha J. Reineke
For René 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 inadequecy or insufficency, Girard arrives at a profound insight: our desire is not fundamentally directed...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781611861280
ISBN-10: 1611861284
Publication Date: 10/1/2014
Pages: 414
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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