Wanting : the power of mimetic desire in everyday life
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| Desire. Imitation. Basic needs > Psychological aspects. |
- ISBN: 9781250262486
- Physical Description xxv, 273 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition First edition.
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2021.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Wanting : The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life
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Table of Contents
Wanting : The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Note to Reader | p. xv | |
| Prologue: Unexpected Relief | p. xxi | |
| Introduction: Social Gravity | p. 1 | |
| Part I | The Power of Mimetic Desire | |
| 1 | Hidden Models-Romantic Lies, Infant Truth | p. 19 |
| Secrets Babies Keep | p. 23 | |
| The Martini Is a Gateway Drug | p. 28 | |
| Torches of Freedom | p. 29 | |
| Mimetic Games | p. 35 | |
| Models That Move Markets | p. 40 | |
| 2 | Distorted Reality-We're All Freshmen Again | p. 44 |
| Two Kinds of Models | p. 46 | |
| Celebristan | p. 48 | |
| Freshmanistan | p. 51 | |
| Distortion 1: The Misappropriation of Wonder | p. 53 | |
| Distortion 2: The Cult of Experts | p. 54 | |
| Distortion 3: Reflexivity | p. 58 | |
| Social Mediation | p. 64 | |
| 3 | Social Contagion-Cycles of Desire | p. 66 |
| Lamborghini versus Ferrari | p. 68 | |
| Memes and Mimetic Theory | p. 75 | |
| The Flywheel Effect | p. 77 | |
| The Creative Cycle | p. 78 | |
| The Destructive Cycle | p. 83 | |
| Hierarchical Values | p. 92 | |
| The Collapse of Desire | p. 97 | |
| 4 | The Invention of Blame-An Underrated Social Discovery | p. 99 |
| Sacred Violence | p. 100 | |
| The Danger of Purity | p. 102 | |
| Saving People from Themselves | p. 104 | |
| The Path of Least Resistance | p. 111 | |
| The Dancing Mania of 1518 | p. 114 | |
| Safety in Judgment | p. 116 | |
| The Joy of Hate Watching | p. 118 | |
| The Scapegoat Wins | p. 122 | |
| Self-Awareness, Self-Hatred | p. 126 | |
| Signs of Contradiction | p. 129 | |
| Part II | The Transformation of Desire | |
| 5 | Anti-Mimetic-Feeding the People, Not the System | p. 135 |
| Moving Goalposts | p. 136 | |
| Mimetic Systems | p. 138 | |
| Being Watched and Rated | p. 139 | |
| The Tra-La-La and the Chichi | p. 142 | |
| The One Less Traveled By | p. 144 | |
| Modeling a New Mindset | p. 146 | |
| 6 | Disruptive Empathy- Breaking Through Thin Desires | p. 150 |
| The Problem with Sympathy | p. 155 | |
| Thick Desires | p. 157 | |
| Shaking the Dust | p. 158 | |
| Fulfillment Stories | p. 161 | |
| Motivational Patterns | p. 165 | |
| 7 | Transcendent Leadership-How Great Leaders Inspire and Shape Desire | p. 169 |
| Immanent Desire | p. 171 | |
| Transcendent Desire | p. 172 | |
| Skill 1: Shift Gravity | p. 174 | |
| Skill 2: The Speed of Truth | p. 177 | |
| Skill 3: Discernment | p. 179 | |
| Skill 4: Sit Quietly in a Room | p. 181 | |
| Skill 5: Filter Feedback | p. 183 | |
| 8 | The Mimetic Future-What We Will Want Tomorrow | p. 187 |
| Cultural Quicksand | p. 190 | |
| Instruments versus Relationships | p. 194 | |
| Engineering Desire | p. 195 | |
| Transforming Desire | p. 200 | |
| Pivotal Spaces | p. 202 | |
| The Three Inventions | p. 207 | |
| Single Greatest Desire | p. 210 | |
| Afterword | p. 215 | |
| Acknowledgments | p. 215 | |
| Appendix A | Glossary | p. 221 |
| Appendix B | Mimetic Theory Reading List | p. 227 |
| Appendix C | Motivational Themes | p. 229 |
| Notes and Sources | p. 235 | |
| Index | p. 265 |
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