The Importance of Imitation

Rene Giraj's theory of mimesis suggests that we are not dealing with the everyday concept of imitation. If you desire to distinguish yourself from me, then I will desire to distinguish myself from you. But desiring to distinguish myself might mean doing systematically the opposite of what you're doing. The self is more like an unruly crowd than a serene sovereign says another friend and colleague of Giraj's theologian James Allison.