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Theory of Mimesis

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The Theory of Mimesis refers to the philosophical concept that art and literature imitate or represent reality, nature, or human experience. Originating in ancient Greek philosophy, particularly in the works of Plato and Aristotle, it explores the relationship between representation and the real world, influencing aesthetics and critical theory.
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The Theory of Mimesis refers to the philosophical concept that art and literature imitate or represent reality, nature, or human experience. Originating in ancient Greek philosophy, particularly in the works of Plato and Aristotle, it explores the relationship between representation and the real world, influencing aesthetics and critical theory.

Key research themes

1. How does mimesis function as a foundational epistemological and affective mode of knowing across human and non-human interactions?

This theme investigates mimesis not simply as imitation or representation but as a dynamic mode of knowledge acquisition that underpins affective contagion and interspecies communication. It explores how mimicry transcends sensory modalities to create embodied and responsive engagements that facilitate understanding of both human and non-human life forms, thus positioning mimesis as a vital epistemic and relational conduit rather than mere copying.

Key finding: This paper advances the insight that mimesis operates as a form of knowing grounded in affective and kinetic responsiveness that spans beyond humans to non-human species. Drawing from affect theory, it elucidates how vitality... Read more
Key finding: This article reframes mimesis as an embodied, relational, and affective force that challenges traditional views by emphasizing its role in shaping subjectivity (homo mimeticus). Engaging with Platonic and contemporary... Read more
Key finding: Integrating Iranian polymath Sadra’s philosophical ideas, this study places mimesis as an intuitive and allegorical cognitive process underpinning architectural and urban design. It reveals how mimesis fosters designers’... Read more

2. What is the role of mimesis in shaping subjectivity, ethics, and relational identity within social and literary contexts?

This theme explores mimesis as a constitutive mechanism in forming subjectivity, social ethics, desire, and recognition. It considers the mimetic reproduction of emotions, desires, and behaviors as foundational to relational identity and moral evaluation. Moreover, it investigates literary mimesis’s capacity to generate emotional contagion and catharsis, reflecting on the tensions between imitation and originality, conformity and fictionality, as well as mimetic desire’s ambivalence in love, ethics, and social recognition.

Key finding: Building on mimetic desire theory, this article argues that love is primarily an imitative, socially mediated affect rooted in the desire of the Other, which manifests not as happiness but as crisis and pain. It demonstrates... Read more
Key finding: This chapter reevaluates Theodor Lipps’ notion of negative empathy as emotional contagion through mimetic processes in literary reception. It articulates how narrative strategies in fiction—including character identification... Read more
Key finding: This essay examines Adam Smith’s ethical framework where mimesis functions as imaginative emotional engagement foundational to social recognition. It delineates mimesis as involving imperfect empathetic imitation synergized... Read more

3. How does mimesis operate as a complex, medium-specific artistic and cultural practice transforming traditional notions of representation and technique?

This theme addresses mimesis within aesthetic and artistic discourse, scrutinizing how various historical and philosophical traditions conceive mimesis as deep formalism, productive opacity, or as distinct artistic modes that transcend mere copying or representation. It covers the evolution from ancient conceptions emphasizing lifelikeness and technical mastery to modernist challenges to mimetic transparency, including media's role in constructing reality and the institutional and material aspects that condition mimesis in art, architecture, and media.

Key finding: Kristeva expands mimesis beyond representation into a creative, transformative process akin to Freudian dreamwork, entailing displacement, condensation, and transposition between semiotic levels. The article demonstrates how... Read more
Key finding: This volume theorizes mimesis as a life-spanning process with three stages—formation through social contact, active construction of individual reality via decision-making, and reflective self-evaluation—grounded in... Read more
Key finding: Abel theorizes media mimesis as a dual process wherein media simultaneously reflect and reshape reality, termed 'stereomimesis'. Through historical and cultural analyses of Japanese media—from stereoscopic imagery to... Read more
Key finding: This essay interprets 19th-century Aestheticism as foundational to modernist formalism, emphasizing mimesis as ‘productive opacity’ rather than transparent imitation. Through analysis of Walter Pater, Oscar Wilde, and James... Read more
Key finding: This art-historical study traces mimesis’s evolving meanings from neutral representation in Greek and Roman antiquity to technical and medium-specific modes emphasizing material and aesthetic excellence over slavish... Read more

All papers in Theory of Mimesis

Marcos Roberto Campos de Macêdo, Faculdade Estácio São Luís, marcosmacedonutri@gmail.com Matheus Caíck Santos Brandão, Faculdade Estácio São Luís, caickbrandao@outlook.com Fabiana Viana Maciel Rodrigues, Faculdade Estácio São Luís,... more
Resumen: El pensamiento político moderno suele emparentar a la política con la tragedia. Es que el conflicto se presenta como un elemento esencial de la política y todo orden parece asediado por el choque inexorable de las potencias... more
This paper aims to provide a general resemblance of Caillois’ work by reviewing his studies on the sacred and on games. First, it describes his early career point of view on the imaginary and the internal clashes of civilizations. Then,... more
Este ensayo analiza el concepto de mímesis en la filosofía clásica, centrado en los planteamientos de Platón y Aristóteles. A través de una lectura comparativa, se examinan las diferencias entre la visión platónica del arte como copia... more
Platón y Aristófanes leídos por Leo Strauss, o la risa como expresión del pensamiento político.
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The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the figure of the break in the framework of the early Kristeva’s conceptualization of the mimetic faculty in “Revolution in Poetic Language” (1974), treating it as closely related to poetic... more
Il carattere mimetico della poesia arcaica non è verità riflessa in uno specchio, è piuttosto un coprire la realtà con un velo che allo stesso tempo promette uno svelamento, una possibilità di visione: questa la tesi che orienta ogni... more
Se establece que cualquier horizonte ético está conformado en función de una materialidad social que define en principio su ideario y proposiciones, y por una promesa, siempre incumplida, en pos de la cual concurren las subjetividades, lo... more
УДК 821.111 Макарова Л.Ю.  Дж. Свифт и его письма в новелле С. Беккета «Фингал» В статье рассматриваются связи между письмами Дж. Свифта и новеллой С. Беккета «Фингал» из романа «Больше замахов, чем ударов». В художественном мире новеллы... more
Jon a than Abel's The New Real com bines fas ci nat ing (mi cro)his tor i cal data with a care ful the o ri za tion. The book in ves ti gates how new me dia are slowly but surely rewiring our view of the world. Abel's anal y sis builds on... more
Dos textos entre guerras, advogaremos que as análises de Ernst Junger acerca da Gestalt do trabalhador apontam para uma nova ordem planetária. Junger exalta o domínio de um novo Tipo humano, expresso no trabalhador, responsável pela... more
From the theatrical representation of the modern revolution, we try to question the economimesis that supplies the various representations of revolutionary and insurrectional processes. More than sustaining a substantive difference... more
This chapter is conceived as an assessment of Lipps’s concept of negative empathy via the recent reappraisal in literary studies. My main aim is to add a tile to the interdisciplinary mosaic of the mimetic turn, so as to show its... more
Desde la aparición de esa especie original a la que llamamos Homo sapiens, muchas son las cosas que han cambiado. Sin embargo, en plena era digital, los seres humanos siguen siendo criaturas miméticas: hablemos del desarrollo de la... more
At its core, mimesis has to do with mimicry and imitation (i.e., resemblance). Etymologically, mimesis derives from the Greek mimeisthai, which is derived from mimos or mime. Mimeograph, pantomime, and imitate are derivatives of mimos-as... more
New York, 11 settembre 2001: l’indimenticabile crollo delle Twin Towers ha costituito un vulnus al cuore della democrazia americana, un sisma destinato a scuotere l’ordine planetario. Un evento che, nel presente contributo, J. Derrida... more
Para além de reconhecer a permanente relevância de uma das obras precursoras dos estudos voltados ao problema da criação literária, a Arte Poética, de Aristóteles (1993), este artigo dispõe-se a explorar pontos de interesse e aproximações... more
This article revises platonic concepts about "mimesis" and, more than concepts, you own mimetic poetry condenation. Condenation in "Republic", three diferents senses: first, one conteudistic sense, second one stylistic sense and third one... more
Partimos atrás da compreensão do direito a partir de uma perspectiva fenomenológica, nesse caso, aquela intentada por Gerhart Husserl, filho de Edmund Husserl, fundador do que veio a ser conhecido, posteriormente, com movimento... more
Publicación de acceso abierto bajo licencia Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 4.0 Internacional , revista de filosofía de Santa Fe Publicación continua / n°46 / año 2024.
Problem statement: Contemplating the formation of the design in the designer’s mind to create a sublime space is essential to provide the designers with a clear idea of how to create a desirable design aligned with human nature. The... more
The paper aims to provide a set of conceptual coordinates that can delineate the contours of the philosophical legacy of Bernard Stiegler's pharmacology, thus indicating a working place for the philosophy of technology which, while... more
El presente trabajo se enmarca en el proyecto de investigación Prácticas Pedagógicas de Andinismo en Educación Física. Formación Docente y Campo Profesional código B-201 de la Universidad Nacional del Comahue Bariloche. En esta... more
La actual crisis por el Covid-19 es el último episodio de una crisis permanente que tiene al menos medio siglo. La teoría contemporánea ha atendido a diversas de sus facetas, que han concurrido para provocar una condición de... more
El presente articulo reune las notas de clase del seminario de grado “Figuras del entre: pensamiento y escrituras contemporaneas”, dictado por integrantes de la catedra “Hermeneutica” (Escuela de Letras, FFyH, UNC) y del Proyecto de... more
The essay traces the fortunes of the figure of the ugly artist from the classical age to the seventeenth century, focusing on Boccaccio's description of Giotto's ugliness as a founding moment of a theory of art that recognizes in the... more
The aim of this issue of Lo Sguardo is to examine the contemporary relevance and history of the concept of exteriorization, in order to establish it as a theoretical paradigm that both traverses and extends beyond the philosophy of... more
English Title Chasing a Shape-Shifter: On the Composition of the Sophist Abstract By carefully analysing the opening of the Sophist, this paper argues against aporetic readings of the dialogue. First, I contend that the definition... more
Teria havido um tempo em que logos e mûthos, o conhecimento e o mito, se confundiam, produzindo-se mutuamente, confabulados, um apoiando e validando a narrativa do outro (Vernant, 1965). Quando alcançavam grande harmonia, os dois,... more
Il libro autoprodotto raccoglie tutto ciò che l'autore ha scritto su Goldoni dal 1977 al 2024 che non sia stato compreso in altri libri usciti in precedenza. Comprende saggi e interventi, recensioni e la commedia "Il Fantasma di Arlecchino"
El artículo corresponde a un trabajo de síntesis en torno a las condiciones de la libertad en la ética aristotélica. En este caso, se hace un énfasis particular en lo que he llamado “la condición política de la libertad humana”. La tesis... more
Theoretical chapter on neo-Roman mimesis, departing from Homi Bhabha's concept of mimicry.
In this article, I reconstruct Bernard Stiegler’s theory of (primary, secondary and tertiary) retentions, conveyed by the notion of epiphilogenesis (§ 2). My aim is to show how Stiegler emphasizes certain assumptions of the originally... more
No Livro I d’A República, Platão nos leva ao que parece ser uma discussão sobre o que é a Justiça, nos fazendo entender a importância dela para o Estado, e porque ela é fundamental também para a educação. Partindo das definições que... more
Resumen: El presente artículo propone un comentario al comienzo del libro primero de la Política de Aristóteles. Se examinan principalmente dos afirmaciones, a saber: 1) la polis es anterior "por naturaleza" a la casa y a cada uno de... more
Primero: según Aristóteles, la música es una parte fundamental de la educación de los ciudadanos. La música provoca o modera las pasiones, e incide en la moral. Formar el carácter a través de la música resulta necesario para la pólis, en... more
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PAOLA RANZINI, Il paradigma Goldoni nelle regie di Marivaux sulle scene italiane del Novecento, in Rino Caputo, Luciano Mariti, Florinda Nardi (a cura di), Prima e dopo Goldoni. Fenomenologie, strategie e modelli del teatro moderno e... more
Resumo O presente texto objetiva apresentar o modo de apropriação por Schmitt dos conceitos fi losófi cos e políticos de Spinoza. Para tanto, buscar-se-á mapear em Schmitt onde tais conceitos emergem e qual sua função na economia da obra... more
A historiografia tem dado pouca atenção à literatura produzida pela intelectualidade operária, quer vinculada aos socialistas, quer aos anarquistas. É o caso do compositor tipógrafo e militante socialista Ernesto da Silva (1868-193),... more
Rad predstavlja primenu Platonovog načina intepretacije mimetičkog pesnika preko razlike onoga šta se govori i kako se govori na samu njegovu kritiku mimezisa u Državi. Prvi deo rada prati razliku šta i kako Platonove kritike unutar... more
O tema do artigo é a obra de Ernst Jünger no entreguerras, em especial o ensaio O trabalhador (1932). Nosso foco é apontar, na apropriação jüngeriana da técnica, seu caráter de mitologia política antiliberal. Dialogamos com o horizonte... more
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