Anorexia and Mimetic Desire

by René Girard

Ren Girard shows that all desires are contagious--and the desire to be thin is no exception. In this compelling new book, Girard ties the anorexia epidemic to what he calls mimetic desire: a desire imitated from a model. Girard has long argued that, far from being spontaneous, our most intimate desires are copied from what we see around us. In a culture obsessed with thinness, the rise of eating disorders should be no surprise. When everyone is trying...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611860873
• ISBN13: 9781611860870
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.6" x 6.1"