This book explores Walter Benjamin, Siegfried Kracauer and
Alexander Kluge's analyses of the role that a rejuvenation in the
capacity for imagination can play in encouraging us to reconceive
the possibilities of the past, the present, and the future outside
of the parameters of the status quo. The concept of imagination to
which the title of the book refers is not a strictly defined,
stable concept, but rather a term which is employed to refer to a
capacity that facilitates both an active, creative relationship to
one's environment, and a process of mediation between the outside
world and one's own experiences and memories. Through a detailed
analysis of their engagements with subjects that span a broad range
of historical and thematic contexts (including topics as diverse as
literature, children's play, film, photography, history, and
television) the book charts the extent to which the concept of
imagination plays a central role in Benjamin, Kracauer, and Kluge's
explorations of a mode of perception and experience which could
serve as a catalyst for the creation and sustenance of a desire for
a different kind of future.
General
| Imprint: |
Transcript Verlag
|
| Country of origin: |
Germany |
| Series: |
Cultural and Media Studies |
| Release date: |
December 2021 |
| First published: |
2007 |
| Authors: |
Tara Forrest
|
| Dimensions: |
225 x 137 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
198 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-3-89942-681-6 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
Promotions
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| LSN: |
3-89942-681-9 |
| Barcode: |
9783899426816 |
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