Anorexia and Mimetic Desire by René Girard

Anorexia and Mimetic Desire

Breakthroughs in Mimetic Theory

René Girard

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Ren 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 tha...

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