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Cargando... Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Lifepor Luke Burgis
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InscrÃbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. In the academy of mimetic desire, most written works are difficult. Here is a refreshing difference. Drawing on his life in business and leadership, Burgis connects and explains the nature of mimetic desire in terms more engaging for the person deep in organisational struggles. These are simple ideas. Yet understanding them seems challenging. Burgis uses story after story to help us situate ourselves in a whole new way of understanding. ( ) The author holds a chair in "Principled Entrepreneurship" at the private Catholic University of America. The author writes fluently about business, theology, philosophy, religion, spirituality, high culture and pop culture. The author writes accessibly for university students and literate businesspersons. The book is framed as an introduction the thought of the late Rene Girard. Girard was intially a student and teacher of history and became a student and teacher of literature, and ultimately a teacher of philosophical anthropology. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_anthropology). The book tries to explain Girard, apply Girard's thoughts on mimetic desire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimetic_theory) to modern businesspersons and teach meditation and spirituality to business persons. The author explains mimetic desire and attempts to differentiate between exploiting the irrational mimesis of consumer and followers and transcending mimesis by meditation, "discernment" of real and significant "thick" desires, and by spiritual practices. A reasonable discussion of mimetic theory in the context of making a career as a business leader, and an interesting verbal juggling act. This read will have you questioning what you desire and why you desire it. I found the ideas to be interesting and while I didn't necessary agree with everything in the book or think it was all applicable to my life, the questions I found myself thinking and wondering about my own life as I read made it worth 5 stars to me. I enjoy a book that makes me think or question what I already know. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
A groundbreaking exploration of why we want what we want, and a toolkit for freeing ourselves from chasing unfulfilling desires. Gravity affects every aspect of our physical being, but there's a psychological force just as powerful-yet almost nobody has heard of it. It's responsible for bringing groups of people together and pulling them apart, making certain goals attractive to some and not to others, and fueling cycles of anxiety and conflict. In Wanting, Luke Burgis draws on the work of French polymath René Girard to bring this hidden force to light and reveals how it shapes our lives and societies. According to Girard, humans don't desire anything independently. Human desire is mimetic-we imitate what other people want. This affects the way we choose partners, friends, careers, clothes, and vacation destinations. Mimetic desire is responsible for the formation of our very identities. It explains the enduring relevancy of Shakespeare's plays, why Peter Thiel decided to be the first investor in Facebook, and why our world is growing more divided as it becomes more connected. Wanting also shows that conflict does not arise because of our differences-it comes from our sameness. Because we learn to want what other people want, we often end up competing for the same things. Ignoring our large similarities, we cling to our perceived differences. Drawing on his experience as an entrepreneur, teacher, and student of classical philosophy and theology, Burgis shares tactics that help turn blind wanting into intentional wanting-not by trying to rid ourselves of desire, but by desiring differently. It's possible to be more in control of the things we want, to achieve more independence from trends and bubbles, and to find more meaning in our work and lives. The future will be shaped by our desires. Wanting shows us how to desire a better one. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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