IV. Thiel & Palantir: Hypermimetic Surveillance
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IV. Thiel & The Antichrist : The Straussian Moment
III. Thiel & New Fascism: from Trump to J. D. Vance
I. Thiel avec Girard: From Mimetic Theory to Facebook
The Case of Thiel: Diagnosed by Mimetic Studies
Tropos Special Issue CfP: New Steps for the Mimetic Turn
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In order to further mimetic studies the journal Tropos issued a call for papers that aim to further the mimetic turn. Interdisciplinary essays on any manifestations of homo mimeticus welcome. Deadline for submission August 31, 2026. More details here
Book Launch: Homo Mimeticus III: Plasticity, Mimesis and Metamorphosis with Catherine Malabou
Editors Nidesh Lawtoo and Willow Verkerk, along with contributors engage in conversations with Catherine Malabou to foster the connection between plasticity and mimesis central to the volume.
Book Launch Homo Mimeticus III with Catherine Malabou, Feb. 4
TEDx: A Mirror for the Future
May 2022: (Re)Structure the (De)Structured
We have been taught the importance of originality, but can there be something original without a model that paves the way? In this talk, Nidesh Lawtoo, concludes the ERC project Homo Mimeticus , not so much by painting, but rather, telling the story of a single, marginalized, mimetic protagonist that has been relegated to the backstage of academic discussions in the past, yet deserves to be brought on the TED-stage to inspire the future.
Homo Mimeticus III: Plasticity, Mimesis and Metamorphosis with Catherine Malabou
This is the third volume of a trilogy on Homo Mimeticus, edited by Nidesh Lawtoo and Willow Verkerk. In collaboration with the French philosopher Catherine Malabou, international contributors argue that plasticity—understood in its double capacity to receive form and to give form—plays a transformative role in the many lives of homo mimeticus qua homo plasticus. BLOG available here. FULL TEXT downloadable here.
