Anorexia and mimetic desire / / René Girard ; translated by Mark R. Anspach
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| Autore: |
Girard René <1923-2015.>
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| Titolo: |
Anorexia and mimetic desire / / René Girard ; translated by Mark R. Anspach
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| 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
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| 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.: | 9910967211303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Breakthroughs in Mimetic Theory