Girard believes that Imitation is the basic mechanism of learning and contends that reproducing someone else’s behaviors can have a positive outcome. However, he also posits that when we imitate another’s desire for a given object; conflicts and rivalries may occur. He distinguishes this type of imitation as “mimesis.” He further classifies this potential conflict as “internal mediation.”
Sheehan and Jordon place Girard’s theory of mimesis in a choral rehearsal context where the subject (singer) imitates the mediator’s (conductor) desire for the “ideal sound.” Sheehan suggests that this desire to attain the “ideal sound” can never actually be achieved by the conductor and ultimately manifests anger and despair. The subjects, who are imitating
Sheehan and Jordon place Girard’s theory of mimesis in a choral rehearsal context where the subject (singer) imitates the mediator’s (conductor) desire for the “ideal sound.” Sheehan suggests that this desire to attain the “ideal sound” can never actually be achieved by the conductor and ultimately manifests anger and despair. The subjects, who are imitating