Desire Origin

Emotional intensity and mimetic origin can coexist in the same desire. The felt experience of desire can be separated from the origin of that desire. Mimetic theory claims that desire can form socially beneath awareness. A desire can be ex…

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Emotional intensity and mimetic origin can coexist in the same desire. The felt experience of desire can be separated from the origin of that desire. Mimetic theory claims that desire can form socially beneath awareness. A desire can be experienced as a personal emotional want while still being shaped by another person, culture, memory, or social model.