Wednesday, August 22, 2007

fascinating convergence

Dr. Hodges at Gypsy Scholar has been discussing René Girard's theory of mimetic violence (I have an English-language copy of Girard's Violence and the Sacred). But here's the biological angle: could the source of mimesis be mirror neurons?


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1 comment:

  1. I'm still waiting for everybody else to mirror my discussion...

    Jeffery Hodges

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