1st Edition
Imitation, Contagion, Suggestion On Mimesis and Society
Part I: Introduction
1. The Imitative, Contagious, and Suggestible Roots of Modern Society: Towards a Mimetic Foundation of Social Theory
Christian Borch
Part II: Historical Roots: The Rise of Imitation, Contagion, and Suggestion Theory
2. The Mimetic Unconscious: A Mirror for Genealogical Reflections
Nidesh Lawtoo
3. Durkheim on Imitation
Bjørn Schiermer
4. Mimesis as a Social Practice of Self-Education
Katja Rothe
Part III: Adaptations: The Proliferation of Mimetic Thought
5. Market Mimesis: Imitation, Contagion, and Suggestion in Financial Markets
Kristian Bondo Hansen And Christian Borch
6. #Contagion
Peta Mitchell And Felix Victor Münch
7. ‘Charlie Hebdo’ and the Two Sides of Imitation
Elisabetta Brighi
8. Viral Chatter and the Afterlife of Contagion
Robert Peckham
9. Contagious Agents: Epidemics, Networks, Computer Simulations
Sebastian Vehlken
Part IV: Looking Back to Look Ahead: Rethinking Individuality and the Social
10. Unpacking I-C-S: Montaigne and the Project of the Self
David Toews
11. The Reactive: Social Experiences of Surface and Depth
Andrea Mubi Brighenti
12. Suggestion, Affect and Speculative Science
Lisa Blackman
Biography
Christian Borch is Professor of Economic Sociology and Social Theory at the Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.
