Anorexia and mimetic desire / / René Girard ; translated by Mark R. Anspach

• Autore: Girard René <1923->
• Pubblicazione: East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (113 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.85/262
• Soggetto topico: Anorexia nervosa; Anorexia nervosa - Psychological aspects; Desire (Philosophy); Philosophy, French - 20th century
• Altri autori: AnspachMark R
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Anorexia and mimetic desire
• ISBN: 1-60917-376-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818637703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Breakthroughs in Mimetic Theory