Anorexia and mimetic desire / René Girard ; translated by Mark R. Anspach.

The author argues that all desires are contagious - and the desire to be thin is no exception. In this compelling work, the author ties the anorexia epidemic to what he calls mimetic desire: a desire imitated from a model. He has long argued that, far from being spontaneous, our most intimate desire...

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Main Author: Girard, René, 1923-2015
Other Authors: Anspach, Mark R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
French
Published: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2013]
Series:Breakthroughs in mimetic theory.
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Online Access:Click for online access
Uniform Title:Anorexie et désir mimétique.

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