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Architects & mimetic rivalry

Title
Architects & mimetic rivalry / René Girard [and others] ; edited by Samir Younés.
Publication
Winterbourne, Berkshire, UK : Papadakis, 2012.

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Additional Authors
  • Girard, René, 1923-2015.
  • Younés, Samir.
  • Krier, Léon.
  • Bloomer, Kent C., 1935-
  • Westfall, Carroll William.
  • Hillman, James.
  • University of Notre Dame. School of Architecture.
Description
104 pages : illustrations (some color); 27 cm
Alternative Title
Architects and mimetic rivalry
Subject
  • Architects > Psychology
  • Architects > Professional relationships
  • Imitation
  • Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
  • Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
  • Influence (Psychology)
Note
  • "This book follows a conference entitled Rivaling Desires, the Mimetic Psychology of Architects held at the School of Architecture at the University of Notre Dame on the 31st of October, 2009"--P. 104.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Architects, imitation & rivalry / Samir Younés -- A theory by which to work : the mimetic mechanism / René Girard -- Innovation & repetition / René Girard -- Imitation, hidden or declared / Léon Krier -- The other side of imitation / Samir Younés -- The sacrifice of ornament in the twentieth century / Kent Bloomer -- Excerpts from a roundtable discussion / moderated by Carroll William Westfall with James Hillman, Léon Krier, Samir Younés, Kent Bloomer.
ISBN
  • 9781906506339
  • 1906506337
LCCN
40022213804
OCLC
  • 816024685
  • ocn816024685
  • SCSB-5686951
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries