Key points "The Mimetic Theory of Desire" was first proposed by René Girard. It posits that desire is fundamentally social: We want what other people want. Mimetic rivalry has always existed.

Unchecked mimetic desire can lead to intense rivalry and wars whose viciousness goes far beyond rationality, leading to ‘scapegoating’ and sacrificial violence.

Yet in his daring and illuminating 1999 book I See Satan Fall Like Lightning (published in English in 2001), Satan turns out to be wholly impersonal, something like the structure of murderous mimetic ...

Archive Mimetic Features of Rheumatic-Fever Recurrences Authors: Alvan R. Feinstein, M.D., and Mario Spagnuolo, M.D. Author Info & Affiliations Published March 17, 1960 N Engl J Med 1960;262: 533 ...