05532oam 2201093 c 450 991037279990332120260202090927.09783839406816383940681110.14361/9783839406816(CKB)3710000000482714(OAPEN)1007459(DE-B1597)461529(OCoLC)1002274268(OCoLC)1004882377(OCoLC)1011454080(OCoLC)1013939938(OCoLC)979892092(OCoLC)980172647(OCoLC)987938900(OCoLC)992489849(OCoLC)999360731(DE-B1597)9783839406816(MiAaPQ)EBC5494248(Au-PeEL)EBL5494248(OCoLC)1049912914(transcript Verlag)9783839406816(MiAaPQ)EBC6955721(Au-PeEL)EBL6955721(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/33217(ScCtBLL)2318c092-65e4-4bbc-b9a7-58bb21c839a0(oapen)doab33217(EXLCZ)99371000000048271420260202h20152007 uy 0enguuuuu---auuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Politics of ImaginationBenjamin, Kracauer, KlugeTara Forrest1st ed.Bielefeldtranscript Verlag20152015, c20071 online resource (198) Kultur- und Medientheorie9783899426816 3899426819 Includes bibliographical references.Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 Introduction 9 Chapter 1: Benjamin, Proust and the Rejuvenating Powers of Memory 21 Chapter 2: The Politics of Aura and Imagination in Benjamin's Writings on Hashish 43 Chapter 3: "Reproducibility - Distraction - Politicization" 65 Chapter 4: "Film as the Discoverer of the Marvels of Everyday Life": Kracauer and the Promise of Realist Cinema 89 Chapter 5: On the Task of a Realist Historiography in Kracauer's History: The Last Things Before the Last 107 Chapter 6: From History's Rubble: Kluge on Film, History, and Politics 127 Chapter 7: Raw Materials for the Imagination: Kluge's Work for Television 149 Conclusion 169 Bibliography 175 Other Works Cited 191 Acknowledgements 193This 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.»Beyond its immediate appeal to those interested in film and cultural theory will [this book] contribute well to the increasing interest in emergent studies, the interactions between literature, art, science and science philosophy.«Reviewed in:cultural studies review, 14/2, 9 (2008), Lisa McDonaldfsk Hamburg, 09.08.2009, Olaf Berg»Während die Verbindung von Benjamin und Kluge geläufig ist, so wird Kracauers spätes Werk zur Film- und Geschichtstheorie recht selten überhaupt wahrgenommen. Ihn mit Kluge und Benjamin zu verbinden, ist Forrest in ihrer Arbeit überzeugend gelungen.«Reviewed in:cultural studies review, 14/2, 9 (2008), Lisa McDonaldKultur- und Medientheorie Forrest, The PoliticsBenjamin, Kracauer, KlugeMovieMediaCultureLiteratureImaginationWalter BenjaminSiegfried KracauerAlexander KlugeAestheticsFilmMedia TheoryMedia PhilosophyCultural TheoryMedia StudiesMovieMediaCultureLiteratureImaginationWalter BenjaminSiegfried KracauerAlexander KlugeAestheticsFilmMedia TheoryMedia PhilosophyCultural TheoryMedia Studies791.4375CI 1397rvkForrest Tara<p>Tara Forrest, University of Technology, Sydney</p>aut992230MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910372799903321The Politics of Imagination2271416UNINA