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Lecture I: Introduction to Mimetic Theory | René Girard's Mimetic Theory
In contrast to mere imitation, which refers to the positive effects of copying someone else’s behavior (which facilitates learning, for example), mimetic desire—desiring the other’s desire—opens up a deeply violent dimension.
Byrne Hobart • Boom: Bubbles and the End of Stagnation
In all of the books Girard taught, desire always involved an imitator and a model.
Luke Burgis • Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life
We began with the idea that underpins all of Girard’s theories––imitation. Conflict between people, he believes, is rooted in our propensity for imitation or in what he calls “mimetic desire”—an idea that began to take shape for him through his study of the great European novelists.