Imagination in politics : freedom or domination? / Mihaela Czobor-Lupp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Czobor-Lupp, Mihaela, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imagination--Political aspects.

Imagination.

Imagery (Psychology).

Liberty.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span>Imagination is a complex and ambiguous culture-making power that is a rather marginal concept in contemporary political theory. This book addresses how imagination can be both a source of freedom and domination in liberal-democratic politics, and argues for a benign public employment of images and narratives in a global world of diverse cultures.</span></span>

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: Why Does Liberal-Democratic Politics Need Creative Imagination?; Chapter One: The Dangers and Promises of Imagination in Politics; Chapter Two: Habermas and Bakhtin: Discourse Ethics, Imagination, and Intercultural Understanding; Chapter Three: Arendt on the World-Creating Power of Imagination as an Antidote to the Totalitarian Temptations of Politics; Chapter Four: Kant and Schiller on the Civil Power of Imagination; Chapter Five: Herder on the Role of Imagination, Language, and Culture in the Formation of Humanity

Chapter Six: Nietzsche on the Role of Imagination in Modern Liberal-DemocraciesChapter Seven: Heidegger on Political Aestheticism and Poetic Care; Conclusions: The Promise of Benign Public Imagination for the Contemporary World; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7391-9907-2

OCLC:

894895180