Book
Homo Mimeticus II Re-Turns to Mimesis
In this second installment of the Homo Mimeticus series (Leuven UP), international scholars further the field of mimetic studies from perspectives as diverse as philosophy, political theory, literary/media studies, and the neurosciences.
- Author
- edited by Nidesh Lawtoo and Marina Garcia-Granero
- Date
- 14 October 2024
Agonistic critical engagements with a genealogy of precursors from Plato to Aristotle, Machiavelli to Nietzsche, Irigaray to Bataille, Pessoa to de Kerangal, among others, reveal the urgency to rethinking mimesis beyond realism--from identification to contagion, empathy to violence, mirror neurons to biomimicry in the Anthropocene. Find out more in this blog.