Month: August 2021

Mimetic Desire vs. Hunter Thompson and the Drive to be Unique

Mimetic Desire vs. Hunter Thompson and the Drive to be Unique

Luke Burgis, in his book Wanting,  a  Financial Times best book of 2021, explains the newish perspective of Renee Girard on a very old concept, desire.  Renee Girard, came to the US after WWII and eventually landed at Stanford and formulated a practical theory of how mimetic desire is to psychology what gravity is to…

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