Girard's anthropology focuses first on desire and its consequences. He calls it “mimetic desire” or “mimesis.” It's a desire that comes into being through imitation of others. These others we imitate Girard calls “models,” models of desire. He has also used the word “mediators,” because they are “go-betweens,” acting as agents between the individual imitating them and the world. There are various words in ordinary language that suggest what Girard is getting at: for example, “heroes” and “role models.” Even fashion models who “model” clothes are acting in this way for their public in the
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