Imitation, Contagion, Suggestion: On Mimesis and Society

ISBN-13: 9780367478049 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 252 str.

Christian Borch

Opis

Imitation, Contagion, Suggestion sheds important light on the ways in which society is intimately linked to and characterized by mimetic patterns. 

 

Spis treści

Part I: Introduction  1. The Imitative, Contagious, and Suggestible Roots of Modern Society: Towards a Mimetic Foundation of Social Theory  Part II: Historical Roots: The Rise of Imitation, Contagion, and Suggestion Theory  2. The Mimetic Unconscious: A Mirror for Genealogical Reflections  3. Durkheim on Imitation  4. Mimesis as a Social Practice of Self-Education  Part III: Adaptations: The Proliferation of Mimetic Thought  5. Market Mimesis: Imitation, Contagion, and Suggestion in Financial Markets  6. #Contagion  7. ‘Charlie Hebdo’ and the Two Sides of Imitation  8. Viral Chatter and the Afterlife of Contagion  9. Contagious Agents: Epidemics, Networks, Computer Simulations  Part IV: Looking Back to Look Ahead: Rethinking Individuality and the Social  10. Unpacking I-C-S: Montaigne and the Project of the Self  11. The Reactive: Social Experiences of Surface and Depth  12. Suggestion, Affect and Speculative Science