The Urgency of Mimetic Studies: From Imitation to (New) Fascism. Girard Lecture
In this 5th biannual Girard lecture, organized by the Dutch Girard Society, Nidesh Lawtoo steps back to the insights that, as of 2016, lead him to use the term “(new) fascism” as a warning against Donald Trump’s anti-democratic tendencies, which culminated in an insurrection on January 6. Despite ma...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Video |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Deutschland
HOM Videos ERC Project Homo Mimeticus
09.12.2024
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
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| Summary: | In this 5th biannual Girard lecture, organized by the Dutch Girard Society, Nidesh Lawtoo steps back to the insights that, as of 2016, lead him to use the term “(new) fascism” as a warning against Donald Trump’s anti-democratic tendencies, which culminated in an insurrection on January 6. Despite many critical warnings and fascist actions, the efficacy of the affective and infective powers of mimesis never ceases to surprise. Hence, the urgency of new mimetic studies to reflect on the role imitative phenomena left in the shadow by Girard -from crowd behavior to hypermimetic media to the patho(-)logies of mimetic theory itself generated by figures like J. D. Vance - play in the contemporary re-turn of (new) fascist leaders in the US, Europe and beyond. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 13.11.2025 |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (Streaming Videodatei, 50:27 min) |
