Imitation, contagion, suggestion : on mimesis and society /: on mimesis and society. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Christian Borch.
• Editors: Borch, Christian
• Contents: Part I: Introduction 1. The Imitative, Contagious, and Suggestible Roots of Modern Society: Towards a Mimetic Foundation of Social Theory Christian Borch Part II: Historical Roots: The Rise of Imitation, Contagion, and Suggestion Theory 2. The Mimetic Unconscious: A Mirror for Genealogical Reflections Nidesh Lawtoo 3. Durkheim on Imitation Bjørn Schiermer 4. Mimesis as a Social Practice of Self-Education Katja Rothe Part III: Adaptations: The Proliferation of Mimetic Thought 5. Market Mimesis: Imitation, Contagion, and Suggestion in Financial Markets Kristian Bondo Hansen And Christian Borch 6. #Contagion Peta Mitchell And Felix Victor Münch 7. ‘Charlie Hebdo’ and the Two Sides of Imitation Elisabetta Brighi 8. Viral Chatter and the Afterlife of Contagion Robert Peckham 9. Contagious Agents: Epidemics, Networks, Computer Simulations Sebastian Vehlken Part IV: Looking Back to Look Ahead: Rethinking Individuality and the Social 10. Unpacking I-C-S: Montaigne and the Project of the Self David Toews 11. The Reactive: Social Experiences of Surface and Depth Andrea Mubi Brighenti 12. Suggestion, Affect and Speculative Science Lisa Blackman
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 301; Contagion (Social psychology); Memetics; Imitation -- Social aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351034920; 9781351034937; 9781351034913; 9781351034944
• Related ISBNs: 9781138490642
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