Mimesis and science [electronic resource] : empirical research on imitation and the mimetic theory of culture and religion / edited by Scott R. Garrels.

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TextSeries: Studies in violence, mimesis, and culturePublication details: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2011.Description: xii, 266 p. : illSubject(s):

Imitation

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Electronic books.

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302 22

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BF357 .M546 2011eb

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Contents:

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 Ren�e Girard / Scott R. Garrels.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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