Homo Mimeticus: A New Theory of Imitation

by Nidesh Lawtoo

Imitation is, perhaps more than ever, constitutive of human originality. Many things have changed since the emergence of an original species called Homo sapiens, but in the digital age humans remain mimetic creatures: from the development of consciousness to education, aesthetics to politics, mirror neurons to brain plasticity, digital simulations to emotional contagion, (new) fascist insurrections to viral contagion, we are unconsciously...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9462703469
• ISBN13: 9789462703469
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Leuven University Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher