CMST 2C03 Chapter Notes - Chapter N/A : Double Bind
4 Dec 2017
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Began w/ imitation which is the underlying idea all of his theories. Con ict between two people is rooted in mimetic desire (propensity for imitation) Decided (as a professor) to look at what makes books similar, not what makes them different. Believed that the notion of a book being different is required to make it one of a kind is a ridiculous idea. Literary enterprise came to franchise in 1947 with a french book called romantic lie & novelistic truth, the english edition appeared 4 years later. Therefore, desire always comes from the other: this other, if close enough socially, physically, will become our rival when we desire an object. Aristotle says humans are the most mimetic of any creature but neglects to point to the shadow side which is how rivalry occurs b/w those who desire the same things.
