This chapter was the least interesting and most irritating so far, and rather repetitive of previous sections of the book. Its title is Universal Mimesis and its sections are Some Precursors; The Discovery of Mirror Neurons; and A New Theory of Desire. Intuition of Mimesis as Foundational to Humans Oughourlian first looks at the precursors, that is, the philosophers, psychologists and physicians who have sensed and posited some sort of imitative force binding humans together, including those who explored the startling dynamics of crowd or mob psychology. They include Max Scheler, Schopenhauer, Henri Bergson, Felix Ravaisson, Gabriel Tarde, Nietzsche, Jung, … Continue reading The Genesis of Desire: Chapter Three