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Mimetic Desire | The "Things Hidden..." Series | Episode 1 (WiM231)

The "What is Money?" Show

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The Mirroring of Action or Behavior

Peter Teal: I think Jara is asserting in this book that essentially all human interaction is mirroring, right? We're mirroring one another all the time, even unconsciously. And then he extrapolates from that behavioral pattern, the development of ritual, religion, social institution,. mimetic crisis, the victim image mechanism, scapegoating. All of these very interesting phenomena that seem to dictate human history and characterize human history in a lot of ways. That goes a long way to explaining some of the craziness we're seeing in the world today as well.

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