Mimetic politics: dyadic patterns in global politics
Farneti highlights phenomena that political scientists have consistently failed to notice, such as reciprocal imitation as the fundamental cause of human discord, the mechanisms of spontaneous polarization in human conflicts (i.e., the emergence of dyads or "doubles"), and the strange and...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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East Lansing, Michigan
Michigan State University Press
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Series/Journal: | Studies in Violence, Mimesis, and Culture
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Conflict research
/ Violence
/ Immitation
/ Comparison of cultures
B Mimesis B Girard, René 1923-2015 |
| Further subjects: | B
Political Science
Cross-cultural studies
B Violence Social aspects B Political Science Cross-cultural studies B Imitation Cross-cultural studies B Imitation Cross-cultural studies |
| Online Access: |
Autorenbiografie (Publisher) Verlagsangaben (Publisher) |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
Electronic Electronic |
| Summary: | Farneti highlights phenomena that political scientists have consistently failed to notice, such as reciprocal imitation as the fundamental cause of human discord, the mechanisms of spontaneous polarization in human conflicts (i.e., the emergence of dyads or "doubles"), and the strange and ever-growing resemblance of the mimetic rivals, which is precisely what pushes them to annihilate each other--Provided by publisher A new (mimetic) paradigm for our postsacrificial times -- The mimetic context of the "new wars" -- Cleavage lines in global politics -- A mimetic perspective on conflict resolution -- A political theology of the empty tomb -- Epilogue : A genealogy of "planetary reciprocity |
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| Physical Description: | XVI, 177 S. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61186-148-8 |
