The Puppet of Desire: The Psychology of Hysteria, Possession, and Hypnosis by Jean-Michel Oughourlian
The Puppet of Desire: The Psychology of Hysteria, Possession, and Hypnosis

Jean-Michel Oughourlian

The Puppet of Desire: The Psychology of Hysteria, Possession, and Hypnosis

Jean-Michel Oughourlian

263 pages first pub 1991 (editions)

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This study of the psychology of desire derives from a theory of imitative or 'mimetic' desire developed by the cultural critic and theorist Rene; Girard. The theory is essentially that all human beings have an instinctive tendency, a kind of socia...

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