Abstract
This paper develops a concept of mimesis as mimetic communication, shows why affect is central to it, and argues for its usefulness in the analysis of a range of social and cultural processes at the same time as it can be seen to link human beings to the rest of the natural world.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Affect Theory Reader |
| Editors | Melissa Gregg, Gregory J. Seigworth |
| Place of Publication | U.S. |
| Publisher | Duke University Press |
| Pages | 186-205 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780822347583 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Keywords
- affect (psychology)
- interpersonal communication