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Wanting: Mimetic Desire (B): Mimetic Desire: How to Avoid Chasing Things You Don’t Truly Want
Rs. 2,490.00

Luke Burgis
‘Offer(s) some fresh perspectives on our desires, what is really driving them and how we take more control’ – Financial Times, Best June Business Books
‘By helping us understand the destructive power of mimetic desire, Burgis offers a way to extricate ourselves and our communities from its harmful grip to form a more human, empathetic, and value-based world’ – Stephen Hanselman, co-author of Lives of the Stoics
‘Luke Burgis has produced the go-to book on this topic’ – Tyler Cowen
‘His prose is punchy. His anecdotes are entertaining. There are even witty cartoons… Part philosophical tract, part self-help guide, Wanting is a thought-provoking book. It’s also a deeply moral one. Like many Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, Burgis wants to create a better world. The ideas he presents, and his suggestions for action, seem to offer a more realistic hope than most’ – Christina Patterson, The Sunday Times
‘It’s not merely a big-idea book, but a careful, brave and loving account of mimetic theory’s transformative power in people’s lives, including his own’ – Matthew Packer, New Zealand Listener
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About the Author
Luke Burgis has founded and led multiple companies. He’s currently entrepreneur-in-residence and director of programs at the Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship at the Catholic University of America, where he also teaches business and develops new education initiatives. He’s the founder and director of Fourth Wall Ventures, an incubator for people and companies that contribute to the formation of a healthy human ecology. He graduated from NYU Stern School of Business and later from a pontifical university in Rome, where he studied theology. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Claire.
Book Specifications
Title: Wanting: Mimetic Desire (B): Mimetic Desire: How to Avoid Chasing Things You Don’t Truly Want
Author: Luke Burgis
Language: English
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Weight: 100g
Published Year: 2022
Publisher: Swift Press
ISBN: 978-1800750647
Dimensions: 19.8 x 2.5 x 13 cm
Print size: Please feel free to drop us a message.
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