RT Article T1 INTRODUCTION: MAPPING MIMETIC STUDIES JF Homo Mimeticus II SP 11 OP 34 A1 Lawtoo, Nidesh 1976- A1 García-Granero, Marina A2 García-Granero, Marina LA English YR 2024 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1942940343 AB With this epigrammatic affirmation reintegrating mimesis in the complex genealogy of Homo sapiens , the transdisciplinary thinker Edgar Morin (1921-) joined hands to bring the first volume of Homo Mimeticus to an end. This ending marked, in fact, a new beginning. Launching a new theory of imitation vital to facing the contemporary manifestations of mimesis that, under different masks, cast a long material shadow on the present and future, the goal of the first volume was to set new theoretical foundations for an emerging field we called mimetic studies, a transdisciplinary field now furthered in a planned trilogy on Homo SN 9789461665959