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

Imprint East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2011.

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Description xii, 266 p. : ill.
Series Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture series
Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 Rene Girard / Scott R. Garrels.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Imitation.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Garrels, Scott R.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781611860238 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1611860237 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781609172381 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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