Mimetic theory contradicts the thesis of human autonomy. It tends to relativize the very possibility of introspection: going into oneself always means finding the other, the mediator, the person who orients my desires without my being aware of it.
-Rene Girard, Battling to the End, p.10
Introspection, rather than finding autonomy, is finding the other. So, introspection is the exploration into the question, which other will you find?
Sorry but I don't get the caption of your article I.e.Rather than finding autonomy, it is finding the other.I really want to know what is this all about?
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