L’empire de la valeur. Quelle critique de la théorie (néo)-walrassienne ? by Claire Pignol

“…The Empire of Value proposes a criticism of walrasian utility theory and offers a substitute through the alternative assumption of mimetic desire. …”
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Mimetic Gravity: A Review of Recent Developments and Applications to Cosmology and Astrophysics by Lorenzo Sebastiani, Sunny Vagnozzi, Ratbay Myrzakulov

“…We devote particular focus to the reconstruction technique, which allows the realization of any desired expansionary history of the universe by an accurate choice of potential or other functions defined within the theory (as in the case of mimetic f(R) gravity). We briefly discuss cosmological perturbation theory within mimetic gravity. …”
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IT Governance Modes Choice: An Institutional Theory Perspective by Karim Ben Boubaker, Saida Harguem, Mari Nyrhinen

“…This study explains IT Governance modes’ choice in organizations using institutional theory. A conceptual framework is developed, and several propositions are presented. …”
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Max Weber's concept of feudalism and history of Lithuania by Zenonas Norkus

“…The theories of feudalism are classified as building a continuum including two poles: a mimetic one and a constructivist one. …”
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Thomas Hardy : une écriture paradoxale entre génération et dégradation entropique by Annie Escuret

“…Thomas Hardy is a figure of transition caught between a classic type of mimetic aesthetic and a modern type of aesthetic. …”
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CONSUMERISM OF LEISURE CLASS IN SINGAPORE IN KEVIN KWAN’S CRAZY RICH ASIANS: A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH by Agni Nurwidia Setiadi, Resneri Daulay

“…This novel contains the aspect about the style of consumer in Singapore.The research uses qualitative method to analyze the data. This study uses the mimetic approach by M.H. Abrams  and two main concepts of theory of leisure class by Thorstein Veblen, these are conspicuous leisure and conspicuous consumption. …”
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