This is the theory of mimetic desire that was first talked about by French philosopher Rene Girard and the whole basically is like an exploration of girard's theories on mimetic desire.

这就是法国哲学家勒内·吉拉尔首先提出的模仿欲望理论，但基本上是吉拉尔对关于模仿欲望理论的探索。

One psychological explanation of human behavior argues that we often have no idea what we want, and hence just imitate others - welcome to mimetic theory.

对人类行为的理学解释认为，我们常常不知道自己想要什么，因此只是模仿他人——欢迎来到模仿理论。

Performances like this are narrative rather than dialogic or mimetic, meaning they aren't really acted out. But it's a start!

像这表演是叙述形的 而不是对话形或者模仿形的 这说明表演的形式还没有真正形成 仅仅是雏形！

All right now once we've identified these thick and thin desires and our own Michelin stars, we come to tip number three, which is to set boundaries with unhealthy mimetic models.

好，旦我们确定这些厚薄欲望和我们自己的米其林星级，我们就到第三招，那就是与不健康的模仿模式划清界限。

Rene Girard, the French philosopher who established the theory, argued that most of our desires are metaphysical and called them mimetic because we mimic them from the people around us.

创立该理论的法国哲学家勒内·基拉尔认为，我们的大多数欲望都是形而上的，并称其为模仿，因为我们模仿的是周围的人。

Our mimetic desires can be positive if, for example, you are inspired by the goals of someone else, or if those desires help you form social connections or get healthier or whatever, which is generally good for your life.

果你的模仿欲望受到别人的目标启发，或者这些欲望帮助你建立社交联系，或者让你更健康等等，那么它们可能是积极的，这通常对你的生活有益。

Naming the mimetic forces at work in the systems in which we operate as an important first step towards making more intentional choices.

识别在我们运作的系统中起作用的模仿力量，是朝着做出更有意图的选择迈出的重要第步。

Now, this feeling of feeling behind is often the result of something called mimetic desire, which is what Luke Burgess talks about in this book, wanting the power of mimetic desire in everyday life.

现在，这落后的感觉通常是模仿欲望的结果，正卢克·伯吉斯在这本书中所讨论的，想要在日常生活中拥有模仿欲望的力量。

That is a profound model for mimetic desire and contributes to us feeling bad that we are behind.

这是个深刻的模仿欲望模型，导致我们感到自己落后。

Back when I was in school, the mimetic desire was around sort of the people around me, like my friends, or wanting to get into the same universities, like the fancy universities to study fancy subjects like medicine.

当我在学校的时候，模仿欲望主要围绕着我周围的人，比我的朋友，或者想要进入同所大学，比那些名牌大学，学习医学等热门专业。

Creating a mimetic charge against that nimbius world, I think is very, very important and relatively, not easily done, but it's a clear story to tell.

创建个仿拟的冲击来对抗那个理想化的世界，我认为这非常重要，而且相对而言不容易做到， 但这是个清晰的故事。

If you liked this interview, I think you'll enjoy my lecture series on mimetic theory, which also deals with reciprocal violence, warfare, and Christianity.

若您喜爱这次访谈，我想您会喜欢我关于模仿理论的系列讲座，该系列还探讨相互暴力、战争及基督教。

This is one reason why Peter Thiel invested in Facebook, because he understood mimetics and knew how powerful it could be.

这就是彼得·蒂尔投资脸书的原因之，因为他理解模仿的力量， 并知道它有多强大。

We form models of mimetic desire based on what these people around us want.

我们根据周围的人想要什么来建立模仿欲望的模型。

The benefits of caloric restriction The hunt for CR mimetics grew out of a desire to better understand caloric restriction's many effects on the body.

卡路里限制的好处寻找卡路里限制替代品的动机，源于人们想要更好的理解卡路里限制为人体带来的诸多效应。

This is extremely interesting, for if human behavior is by nature mimetic, then tragedy in particular and art in general are forms of reenactment, the repetition through action of a previous action.

这是非常有趣的， 因为果人类的行为天生就是模仿的，那么悲剧和般的艺术都是重演的形式，通过行动重复先前的行动。

Thanks to both postcolonial theory and to studies of travel writing, we no longer consider such representations of non-western worlds in terms of mimetic fidelity and disinterested objectivity.

多亏后殖民理论和旅行写作的研究，我们不再从模仿的忠实和无私的客观性的角度来考虑这对非西方世界的表现。

So it's mimetic in both ways.

所以它在两个方面都具有模仿性。

It's that we are mimetic creatures.

我们都是模仿的生物。

The extent to which our own desires or judgments are mimetic or externalized from society or compulsions that are not rational in the way that he thinks they are.

我们自身欲望或判断在多大程度上是模仿社会、外部化或受非理性强迫的，而这非理性在他看来并不符合理性。