mimetic desire

concept which refers to the inter-dividual nature of desire. The idea of mimetic desire was introduced by the French thinker Rene GIRARD. It has since been appropriated by the American philosopher/anthropologist Eric Gans whose GENERATIVE ANTHROPOLOGY speculates about the role of mimetic desire in the evolution of humanity. Against Freud's theory of the independent nature of desire, Girard's theory follows Hegel and Lacan by arguing that the subjectivity of the self is based on the presence of the other. The concept of mimetic desire is also comparable with the ideas expressed by DELEUZE and GUATTARI. In Anti-Oedipus (1972) they argued that the role of desire in FREUD's OEDIPUS COMPLEX should be regarded as overly reductionist because it fails to take into account the way external sources of desire influence ego formation. For Girard the notion of mimetic desire refers to the self's reliance on the OTHER: the desire of the self is always mediated by the influence of the other that serves as its model. See also LACAN, JACQUES; ORDER/DISORDER.

单词	mimetic desire
释义	mimetic desire mimetic desire concept which refers to the inter-dividual nature of desire. The idea of mimetic desire was introduced by the French thinker Rene GIRARD. It has since been appropriated by the American philosopher/anthropologist Eric Gans whose GENERATIVE ANTHROPOLOGY speculates about the role of mimetic desire in the evolution of humanity. Against Freud's theory of the independent nature of desire, Girard's theory follows Hegel and Lacan by arguing that the subjectivity of the self is based on the presence of the other. The concept of mimetic desire is also comparable with the ideas expressed by DELEUZE and GUATTARI. In Anti-Oedipus (1972) they argued that the role of desire in FREUD's OEDIPUS COMPLEX should be regarded as overly reductionist because it fails to take into account the way external sources of desire influence ego formation. For Girard the notion of mimetic desire refers to the self's reliance on the OTHER: the desire of the self is always mediated by the influence of the other that serves as its model. See also LACAN, JACQUES; ORDER/DISORDER.
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