Luke Burgis

Wanting (MP3-Download)

The Power of Mimetic Desire, and How to Want What You Need Ungekürzte Lesung. 534 Min.
Sprecher: Burgis, Luke; Hopkins, Sean Patrick

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Produktbeschreibung

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 binging groups of people together and pulling them apart, making certain goals attractive to some and not to others, and fueling cycles of anxiety and guilt. According to French polymath René 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 become the first investor in Facebook, and why our world is growing more divided as it becomes more connected. 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 desire. Wanting tells us how to desire a better one.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Faber & Faber
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780571374007
• Artikelnr.: 69042808

Autorenporträt

LUKE BURGIS is an entrepreneur and writer who has founded and led multiple companies. He is a business professor at the Catholic University of America, and the founder and director of Fourth Wall Ventures and the Cluny Institute. Burgis graduated from NYU Stern School of Business and later from a pontifical university in Rome, where he studied theology. He is the author of Wanting. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Claire.

Inhaltsangabe

Note to Reader Prologue: Unexpected Relief Introduction: Social Gravity PART I: THE POWER OF MIMETIC DESIRE 1. Hidden Models
Romantic Lies, Infant Truth 2. Distorted Reality
We're All Freshmen Again 3. Social Contagion
Cycles of Desire 4. The Invention of Blame
An Underrated Social Discovery PART II: THE TRANSFORMATION OF DESIRE 5. Anti
Mimetic
Feeding the People, Not the System 6. Disruptive Empathy
Breaking Through Thin Desires 7. Transcendent Leadership
How Great Leaders Inspire and Shape Desire 8. The Mimetic Future
What We Will Want Tomorrow Afterword Acknowledgments