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Mimetic Desire in Babies

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Mimetic Desire in Babies

What can we learn about positive mimesis from children?

Luke Burgis
Jun 15, 2021
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Mimetic Desire in Babies

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“The messages from the mouths of babes are too important to ignore, and too complex to understand without multidisciplinary collaboration. To adapt Girard: Babies hold a secret about the human mind that has been hidden for millennia. They are our double. They have a primordial drive to understand us that advances their development; we have a desire to u…

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