Mimesis, Violence, and Facebook: Peter Thiel’s French Connection

Mimesis, Violence, and Facebook: Peter Thiel’s French Connection(thesocietypages.org)

23 points by simonb 9 years ago | 4 comments

Girard will be looked back on as a Father of the Church:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSzF2OG2ejI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNkSBy5wWDk

jameslk 9 years ago |

There's been some criticism leveled against Girard's work wrt it's scientific credibility[0]. Has there been any studies on mimetic desire/conflict?

0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/René_Girard#Use_of_evidence

johnmarius 9 years ago |

“Man is the creature who does not know what to desire, and who turns to others in order to make up his mind. We desire what others desire because we imitate their desires.”

But how do these others desire in the first place? Have the first desires begun with imitating animals?

danharaj 9 years ago | |

The most basic desires are rooted in being a social animal. Food, water, sleep, comfort, shelter, bonding, play.