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The Mimetic Brain, Paperback / softback Book

The Mimetic Brain Paperback / softback

Part of the Studies in Violence, Mimesis, and Culture series

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The discovery of mirror neurons in the 1990s led to an explosion of research and debate about the imitative capacities of the human brain.

Some herald a paradigm shift on the order of DNA in biology, while others remain skeptical.

In this revolutionary volume, Jean- Michel Oughourlian shows how the hypotheses of René Girard can be combined with the insights of neuroscientists to shed new light on the “mimetic brain”. Offering up clinical studies and a complete reevaluation of classical psychiatry, Oughourlian explores the interaction among reason, emotions, and imitation and reveals that rivalry - the blind spot in contemporary neuroscientific understandings of imitation - is a misunderstood driving force behind mental illness.

Oughourlian’s analyses shake the very foundations of psychiatry as we know it and open up new avenues for both theoretical research and clinical practice.

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