Nidesh Lawtoo
@nideshlawtoo
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Prof. of European Lit., Theory & Culture @LUCAS_Leiden @UniLeidenNews, PI of @HOM_GMProject, author of Homo Mimeticus (2022).
Leiden, Netherlands
Joined December 2016
Homo Mimeticus II now OUT! Many thanks to co-editor @MarinaGGranero, the editorial team at @LeuvenUP, and all contributors for widening the reach of #mimeticstudies @HOM_GMProject. Free download thanks to @ERC_Research support here👇 https://t.co/4blLPvhLib
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Lecture on #Mimesis, @realDonaldTrump @JDVance, #Fascism now available here: https://t.co/NjayQYjCl2
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After Trump election (again!) I will giving the Girard Lecture on "The Urgency of Mimetic Studies: from Imitation to (New) Fascism" @UniLeidenNews. More information including Zoom link here: https://t.co/ii8Z9cHS5p
@COVRscholars @SDFF1066872 & time to leave Twitter too!đź‘‹
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Mimetic Posthumanism is out! FREE download thanks to @ERC_Research support 👇 https://t.co/M7j1CCoIYP
@critposthum @posthumanisms @posthuman_ntwrk
@ThePosthumanLab @Posthuman_Crit @PosthumanitiesH
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Timely podcast @OnPointRadio with @MeghnaWBUR and Jack Beatty https://t.co/UPPBsnRdjI via @WNYC confirming the ongoing relevance of mimesis for (new) fascism: https://t.co/O6OHOqTSvH
@COVRscholars @msupress
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Fascism tends to be relegated to a dark chapter of European history, but what if new forms of fascism are currently returning to the forefront of the politic...
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💡Who won the 2024 ERC Public Engagement with Research Awards?🏆 We've just announced the names: https://t.co/9xL0HbWmk3 All the #ERCengage laureates in one thread🧵👇
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Book Launch of Homo Mimeticus II @LeuvenUP @ERC_Research @MarinaGGranero @HOM_GMProject
https://t.co/gSSRuAiOBZ
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#IEU #EuclidView #IeuReview
@nideshlawtoo
https://t.co/W7kzfui8uK Drawing on the theories of classical philosophers and modern thinkers such as Plato, Nietzsche, Le Bon, Freud, and Girard, he analyzes contemporary political issues, examining how politics is reenacted in media
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Fascism tends to be relegated to a dark chapter of Euro…
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Online book launch of Homo Mimeticus II @LeuvenUP co-edited with @MarinaGGranero tomorrow, 17/10, 5pm CET. Zoom Link & free download here: https://t.co/IOcOuINDbq thanks to @ERC_Research @KULeuvenOpenSc @HOM_GMProject
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I'll be in conversation with Chia-Wei Hsu and Hito Steyerl this week, the 2024 and 2015 recipients of the Eye Art & Film Prize. Fri 16:30 @EYE_film. https://t.co/qN2poPJSGr
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Homo Mimeticus' sequel co-edited with @MarinaGGranero just arrived from @LeuvenUP! Many thanks to all contributors & @KULeuvenOpenSc + @ERC_Research for making it Open Access. Free download 👉 https://t.co/P8GRrfP5WR
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Read a Q&A with @nideshlawtoo and @MarinaGGranero, editors of đź“– 'Homo Mimeticus II: Re-Turns to Mimesis' đź”— https://t.co/eN9a7aCpq4
#Imitation #mimeticstudies #intersubjectivity #contagion #biomimicry #identification #mirrorneurons #Plato #Nietzsche #Bataille
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🇳🇴 I once hiked to Pulpit Rock in Norway; seeing it from this perspective it looks more scary than I experienced it. #travel #Norway #hiking
https://t.co/38zrWYJCKF
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#ACLA25 Seminars @ACLAorg are now OPEN. Check out this seminar on "Mimetic Studies" organized by @nideshlawtoo & Mathijs Peters @LUCAS_Leiden
https://t.co/60mZVaYnnS
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Homo Mimeticus II will be out sooner than planned thanks to wonderful teamwork with @MarinaGGranero @LeuvenUP @ERC_Research & all contributors! https://t.co/P8GRrfP5WR
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“Then impotence turns into rancor, and those who have suffered humiliation proudly express the desire to humiliate others. All they can do, at that point, is be aggressive to those who are weaker. The Trump effect is all here”
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Homo Mimeticus now available also in Spanish with @Tirant_ESP: https://t.co/3ltFsJ9A47 Many thanks to: @PedroJTeruel (ed.), Jesus Valdes Blanqued (trans.), @MarinaGGranero & @ERC_Research!
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A new mom managed to capture a cute moment when her twins discover each other for the first time.
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A conversation on the #cathartic or #contagious effects of media violence @MimesisEdizioni for "Incontri" di Michela Daghini (italiano). https://t.co/2u9aobj5i1
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Il potere dell’imitazione
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