Thinking is much broader than what our science-obsessed,
utilitarian culture often takes it to be. More than mere problem
solving or the methodical comprehension of our personal and natural
circumstances, thinking may take the form of a poem, a painting, a
sculpture, a museum exhibition, or a documentary film. Exploring a
variety of works by contemporary artists and writers who exemplify
poetic thinking, this book draws our attention to one of the
crucial affordances of this form of creative human insight and
wisdom: its capacity to help protect and cultivate human freedom.
All the contemporary works of art and literature that Poetic
Thinking Today examines touch on our recent experiences with
tyranny in culture and politics. They express the uninhibited
thoughts and ideas of their creators even as they foster poetic
thinking in us. In an era characterized by the global reemergence
of authoritarian tendencies, Amir Eshel writes with the future of
the humanities in mind. He urges the acknowledgment and cultivation
of poetic thinking as a crucial component of our intellectual
pursuits in general and of our educational systems more
specifically.
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