Homo Mimeticus II

Nidesh Lawtoo is a philosopher and cultural critic, professor of Modern European Literature and Culture at Leiden University. Nidesh Lawtoo is a philosopher and cultural critic, professor of Modern European Literature and Culture at Leiden University. Marina Garcia-Granero is an assistant professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Valencia. Marina Garcia-Granero is an assistant professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Valencia.

This volume offers a mapping of mimetic studies, effectively demonstrating the hermeneutic relevance of this new/old strand of research. A book that inspires and provokes scholars from all fields to make their own contributions. – Gilberto Scaramuzzo, Roma Tre University

• Introduction: Mapping Mimetic StudiesNidesh Lawtoo and Marina Garcia-GraneroPrelude: The Discus and the Bow: Homer, Machiavelli, and the Grandissimi Esempli Nidesh LawtooPART 1 — RE-FRAMINGS OF CLASSICAL MIMESISChapter 1: Plato on Facebook Mikkel Borch-JacobsenChapter 2: Techne vs. Mimesis in Plato’s Republic : What Socrates Really Says Against HomerHenry StatenChapter 3: Coercion and Mimesis in Plato: Compelling Someone to Change their Nature Carlos CarvalharChapter 4: Mimetic Resistance Teresa Casas HernándezChapter 5: Behind Plato’s Shadows and Today’s Media Monsters Mark PizzatoPART 2 — THEORETICAL RE-TURNS TO HOMO MIMETICUSChapter 6: Nietzsche’s Nihilism and Mimetic Studies Marina Garcia-GraneroChapter 7: Essential Violence and René Girard’s Mimetic Theory William A. JohnsenChapter 8: Bataille on Mimetic Heterology Nidesh LawtooChapter 9: A New Logic of Pathos : The Anti-Oedipal Unconscious in Hysterical Mimesis María del Carmen Molina BareaChapter 10: Exhibition/Exposition: Irigaray and Lacoue- Labarthe on the Theaters of Mimesis Niki HadikoesoemoPART 3 — NEW MIMETIC STUDIES FROM AESTHETICS TO BIOMIMICRYChapter 11: Negative Empathy in Fiction: Mimesis, Contagion, Catharsis Carmen BonaseraChapter 12: Fernando Pessoa and the ([P]Re)Birth of Homo Mimeticus Kieran Keohane and Carmen KuhlingChapter 13: Literature, Pedagogy, and the Power of Mimesis : On Teaching Maylis de Kerangal’s The Heart Evelyne EnderChapter 14: The Biomimicry Revolution: Contributions to Mimetic Studies Henry DicksChapter 15: Arks at Sea and Arcs of Time William E. ConnollyCoda. Beyond Brain and Body : A Dialogue with Vittorio Gallese Vittorio Gallese and Nidesh LawtooNotes on Contributors