Imitation, Contagion, Suggestion (eBook, ePUB)

On Mimesis and Society
Redaktion: Borch, Christian

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Imitation, Contagion, Suggestion sheds important light on the ways in which society is intimately linked to and characterized by mimetic patterns.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351034920
• Artikelnr.: 56846172

Autorenporträt

Christian Borch is Professor of Economic Sociology and Social Theory at the Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Introduction 1. The Imitative, Contagious, and Suggestible Roots of
Modern Society: Towards a Mimetic Foundation of Social Theory Part II:
Historical Roots: The Rise of Imitation, Contagion, and Suggestion Theory
2. The Mimetic Unconscious: A Mirror for Genealogical Reflections 3.
Durkheim on Imitation 4. Mimesis as a Social Practice of Self-Education
Part III: Adaptations: The Proliferation of Mimetic Thought 5. Market
Mimesis: Imitation, Contagion, and Suggestion in Financial Markets 6.
#Contagion 7. 'Charlie Hebdo' and the Two Sides of Imitation 8. Viral
Chatter and the Afterlife of Contagion 9. Contagious Agents: Epidemics,
Networks, Computer Simulations Part IV: Looking Back to Look Ahead:
Rethinking Individuality and the Social 10. Unpacking I-C-S: Montaigne and
the Project of the Self 11. The Reactive: Social Experiences of Surface and
Depth 12. Suggestion, Affect and Speculative Science