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by Lammy
704 days ago
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This is also why Peter Thiel et al are so obsessed with René Girard. > Philosopher René Girard, scholar Robert Hamerton-Kelly, and Thiel co-founded IMITATIO in 2007 to support the “development and discussion of René Girard’s ‘mimetic theory’ of human behavior and culture.” Mimetic theory, the concept that humans are fundamentally imitative, has had a profound effect on Thiel, who calls Girard “the one writer who has influenced me the most.” https://www.theverge.com/2016/12/21/14025760/peter-thiel-het... |
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