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Autore |
Girard René <1923-> |
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Titolo |
Anorexia and mimetic desire [[electronic resource] /] / René Girard ; translated by Mark R. Anspach |
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East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (113 p.) |
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Collana |
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Breakthroughs in Mimetic Theory |
Breakthroughs in mimetic theory |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Anorexia nervosa |
Anorexia nervosa - Psychological aspects |
Desire (Philosophy) |
Philosophy, French - 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Foreword, by Jean-Michel Oughourlian, translated by M. B. DeBevoise; Introduction: Anorexia and the Spirit of the Times, by Mark R. Anspach; Eating Disorders and Mimetic Desire, by René Girard; A Conversation with René Girard, with Mark R. Anspachand Laurence Tacou; Notes |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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René Girard shows that all desires are contagious-and the desire to be thin is no exception. In this compelling new book, Girard ties the anorexia epidemic to what he calls mimetic desire: a desire imitated from a model. Girard has long argued that, far from being spontaneous, our most intimate desires are copied from what we see around us. In a culture obsessed with thinness, the rise of eating disorders should be no surprise. When everyone is trying to slim down, Girard asks, how can we convince anorexic patients to have a healthy outlook on eating? Mixing theoretical sophistication with ir |
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