Burgis: Human identity is fundamentally mimetic and formed through relationships
Luke Burgis · Luke Burgis: The Power of Mimetic Desire · May 31, 2022 · at 57:13
Author Luke Burgis discusses René Girard's theory of mimetic desire and human psychology with Shane Parrish on The Knowledge Project.
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“Identity is absolutely mimetic. We're relational creatures highly relational, and our identity is really formed in and through relationships. I don't form my identity on my own.”
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