Mimetic Desire 101 - Anti-Mimetic—A Field Guide to Mimetic Desire
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Mimetic Desire 101 - Anti-Mimetic—A Field Guide to Mimetic Desire
Freshmanistan is the world of models who mediate desire from inside our world, which is why Girard calls them internal mediators of desire. There are no barriers preventing people from competing directly with one another for the same things.
Luke Burgis • Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life
Mimetic desire is the unwritten, unacknowledged system behind visible goals.6 The more we bring that system to light, the less likely it is that we’ll pick and pursue the wrong goals.
Luke Burgis • Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life
The lie in this case is the idea that I want things entirely on my own, uninfluenced by others, that I’m the sovereign king of deciding what is wantable and what is not. The truth is that my desires are derivative, mediated by others, and that I’m part of an ecology of desire that is bigger than I can fully understand. By embracing the lie of my in
... See moreLuke Burgis • Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life
The first step is to identify the models of desire who are influencing what you want. These are the people who serve as your models, or mediators, colouring what you consider to be desirable.