Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Pathos of Distance
Mimetic Patho(-)logies
Ancient Quarrels, Modern Reconciliations
The Mimetic Unconscious
Diagnostic Program
The Phantom
The Logos of Sympathy
Beyond the Rivalry Principle
Nietzsche’s Platonism
Psycho-Physiology of the Modern Soul
Prophet of Nazism?
Apocalypse Now in the Classroom
An Outpost of Regress
Heart of Darkness and the Horror of Mimesis
Ghostly Reappearances
Primitivist Participation
The Birth of the Ideal Ego
Mass Patho(-)logy Reloaded
Lawrence contra Freud
Phantom Matador
Enlightening Fascist Psychology
Anthropological Effervescence
The Freudian Triangle
Sovereign Communication, Unconscious Imitation
The Psychology of the Future
Coda. Mimetic Theory Revisited
Modernism and Mimetic Theory
The Laughter of Community
The Center Does Not Hold
Notes
Bibliography
Index