A World Not of This World : The Reality of Images and Imagination.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ferrarin, Alfredo, 1960- author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imagination (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 pages)

Edition:

1st edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.

Summary:

In dialogue with thinkers from Aristotle to Freud, Alfredo Ferrarin provides a philosophical account of the nature of images and the imagination.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction: What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Images and Imagination?

1. The Power and the Mediums of the Image

2. Perception, Image and Imagination

3. A Typology of Images

4. Imagining and Thinking

5. The Reality of Representation: Fantasy, Play, Fiction

6. The Theatre of the Soul: The Practical Imagination

Bibliography

Name index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-350-54481-7

1-350-54479-5

OCLC:

1541775674