The mimetic theory of desire, an explanation of human behavior and culture, originated with the French historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social...

desire. The second major proposition of the mimetic theory proceeds from considering the consequences of the mimetic nature of desire as it relates to human...

In evolutionary anthropology and evolutionary linguistics, the mimetic theory of speech origins is an analysis of the factors leading to the evolution...

Nidesh Lawtoo develops a relational theory of mimetic subjectivity arguing that not only desires but all affects are mimetic, for good and ill. Lawtoo opens...

opinion and he endorsed Susan Blackmore's 1999 project to give a scientific theory of memes, complete with predictions and empirical support. The term meme...

his mimetic theory. The theory argues that much of what people desire is formed through mimicking what others desire. The book applies mimetic theory to...

developing mimetic theory into Hermeneutic Mimetic Theory (or HMT). According to Bubbio, HMT can solve some of the internal problems of mimetic theory in its...

learning which try to model this phenomenon using probabilistic tools. Mimetic theory Bandura, Albert (1963). Social learning and personality development...

and Other Mimetic Paradoxes is a 2018 book about sacrifice by Paolo Diego Bubbio, in which the author examines Rene Girard’s mimetic theory. This book...

collective guilt is transferred onto victims, then purged violence Mimetic theory posits that human behavior is based upon mimesis, and that imitation...