Violence and the Mimetic Unconscious, Volume 2. The Affective Hypothesis, Paperback/Nidesh Lawtoo

In volume two of a Janus-faced diagnostic of the cathartic and contagious effects of (new) media violence, Nidesh Lawtoo traces a genealogy of a long-neglected, embodied, relational, and highly mimetic unconscious that, well before the discovery of mirror neurons, posited mirroring reactions as a via regia to a phantom ego. Publisher: Michigan State University Press Author(s): Nidesh Lawtoo Illustration(s): 30 illustrations Number of pages: 318 Collection: Studies in Violence, Mimesis & Culture Publication date: 2023 Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 21 Cover type: Paperback