Homo Mimeticus II

Re-Turns To Mimesis

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Second volume in the Homo Mimeticus mini-series, which advances the emerging transdisciplinary field of mimetic studiesAfter the linguistic and the affective turns, the new materialist and the performative turns, the cognitive and the posthuman turns, it is now time to re-turn to the ancient, yet also modern and still contemporary realization that humans are mimetic creatures. In this second installment of the Homo Mimeticus series, international scholars working in philosophy, literary theory, classics, cultural studies, sociology, political theory, and the neurosciences engage creatively with Nidesh Lawtoo's Homo Mimeticus: A New Theory of Imitation to further the transdisciplinary field of mimetic studies.Agonistic critical engagements with precursors like Plato, Aristotle, Nietzsche, Bataille, Irigaray and Girard, involving contributions by leading international thinkers such as Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen, William E. Connolly, Henry Staten and Vittorio Gallese among many others, reveal the urgency to rethink mimesis beyond realism. From imitation to identification, mimicry to affective contagion, techne to simulation, mirror neurons to biomimicry, homo mimeticus casts a shadow—but also a light—on the present and future, from social media to the Anthropocene.Watch the recordings of the 'Homo Mimeticus II' book launch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNKlTex1SaY

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Utgivningsdatum2024-10-07
Mått155 x 233 x undefined mm
Vikt907 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor370
FörlagLeuven University Press
ISBN9789462704411

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Nidesh Lawtoo is a philosopher and cultural critic who led the ERC project, Homo Mimeticus. He is Professor of Modern Literature and Culture at Leiden University. Nidesh Lawtoo is a philosopher and cultural critic who led the ERC project, Homo Mimeticus. He is Professor of Modern Literature and Culture at Leiden University. Marina Garcia-Granero is an assistant professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Valencia. Marina Garcia-Granero is an assistant professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Valencia.

Introduction: Mapping Mimetic StudiesNidesh Lawtoo and Marina Garcia-GraneroPrelude: The Discus and the Bow: Homer, Machiavelli, and the Grandissimi Esempli Nidesh LawtooPART 1 — RE-FRAMINGS OF CLASSICAL MIMESISChapter 1: Plato on Facebook Mikkel Borch-JacobsenChapter 2: Techne vs. Mimesis in Plato’s Republic : What Socrates Really Says Against HomerHenry StatenChapter 3: Coercion and Mimesis in Plato: Compelling Someone to Change their Nature Carlos CarvalharChapter 4: Mimetic Resistance Teresa Casas HernándezChapter 5: Behind Plato’s Shadows and Today’s Media Monsters Mark PizzatoPART 2 — THEORETICAL RE-TURNS TO HOMO MIMETICUSChapter 6: Nietzsche’s Nihilism and Mimetic Studies Marina Garcia-GraneroChapter 7: Essential Violence and René Girard’s Mimetic Theory William A. JohnsenChapter 8: Bataille on Mimetic Heterology Nidesh LawtooChapter 9: A New Logic of Pathos : The Anti-Oedipal Unconscious in Hysterical Mimesis María del Carmen Molina BareaChapter 10: Exhibition/Exposition: Irigaray and Lacoue- Labarthe on the Theaters of Mimesis Niki HadikoesoemoPART 3 — NEW MIMETIC STUDIES FROM AESTHETICS TO BIOMIMICRYChapter 11: Negative Empathy in Fiction: Mimesis, Contagion, Catharsis Carmen BonaseraChapter 12: Fernando Pessoa and the ([P]Re)Birth of Homo Mimeticus Kieran Keohane and Carmen KuhlingChapter 13: Literature, Pedagogy, and the Power of Mimesis : On Teaching Maylis de Kerangal’s The Heart Evelyne EnderChapter 14: The Biomimicry Revolution: Contributions to Mimetic Studies Henry DicksChapter 15: Arks at Sea and Arcs of Time William E. ConnollyCoda. Beyond Brain and Body : A Dialogue with Vittorio Gallese Vittorio Gallese and Nidesh LawtooNotes on Contributors