Mimesis and science empirical research on imitation and the mimetic theory of culture and religion / [electronic resource] : edited by Scott R. Garrels. - East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2011. - xii, 266 p. : ill. - Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture series . - Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Human imitation: historical, philosophical, and scientific perspectives / Scott R. Garrels -- From universal mimesis to the self formed by desire / Jean-Michel Oughourlian -- Out of the mouths of babes: imitation, gaze, and intentions in infant research--the "like me" framework / Andrew N. Meltzoff -- Emotions and mimesis / Paul Dumouchel -- The two sides of mimesis: mimetic theory, embodied simulation, and social identification / Vittorio Gallese -- Imitation, communion, and culture / Ann Cale Kruger -- Imitation and violence: empirical evidence and the mimetic model / Mark R. Anspach -- Scared violence, mimetic rivalry, and war / Melvin Konner -- Desire, mimesis, and the phylogeny of freedom / William B. Hurlbut -- Naturalizing mimetic theory / Jean-Pierre Dupuy -- Mimesis and science: an interview with René Girard / Scott R. Garrels.


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