LEADER 05532oam 2201093 c 450 001 9910372799903321 005 20260202090927.0 010 $a9783839406816 010 $a3839406811 024 7 $a10.14361/9783839406816 035 $a(CKB)3710000000482714 035 $a(OAPEN)1007459 035 $a(DE-B1597)461529 035 $a(OCoLC)1002274268 035 $a(OCoLC)1004882377 035 $a(OCoLC)1011454080 035 $a(OCoLC)1013939938 035 $a(OCoLC)979892092 035 $a(OCoLC)980172647 035 $a(OCoLC)987938900 035 $a(OCoLC)992489849 035 $a(OCoLC)999360731 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783839406816 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5494248 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5494248 035 $a(OCoLC)1049912914 035 $a(transcript Verlag)9783839406816 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6955721 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6955721 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/33217 035 $a(ScCtBLL)2318c092-65e4-4bbc-b9a7-58bb21c839a0 035 $a(oapen)doab33217 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000482714 100 $a20260202h20152007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $auuuuu---auuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Politics of Imagination$eBenjamin, Kracauer, Kluge$fTara Forrest 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBielefeld$ctranscript Verlag$d2015 210 $d2015, c2007 215 $a1 online resource (198) 225 0 $aKultur- und Medientheorie 311 08$a9783899426816 311 08$a3899426819 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aFrontmatter 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 193 330 $aThis 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. 330 1 $a»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.« 330 1 $aReviewed in:cultural studies review, 14/2, 9 (2008), Lisa McDonaldfsk Hamburg, 09.08.2009, Olaf Berg 330 1 $a»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.« 330 1 $aReviewed in:cultural studies review, 14/2, 9 (2008), Lisa McDonald 410 0$aKultur- und Medientheorie 517 2 $aForrest, The Politics$eBenjamin, Kracauer, Kluge 606 $aMovie 606 $aMedia 606 $aCulture 606 $aLiterature 606 $aImagination 606 $aWalter Benjamin 606 $aSiegfried Kracauer 606 $aAlexander Kluge 606 $aAesthetics 606 $aFilm 606 $aMedia Theory 606 $aMedia Philosophy 606 $aCultural Theory 606 $aMedia Studies 615 4$aMovie 615 4$aMedia 615 4$aCulture 615 4$aLiterature 615 4$aImagination 615 4$aWalter Benjamin 615 4$aSiegfried Kracauer 615 4$aAlexander Kluge 615 4$aAesthetics 615 4$aFilm 615 4$aMedia Theory 615 4$aMedia Philosophy 615 4$aCultural Theory 615 4$aMedia Studies 676 $a791.4375 686 $aCI 1397$2rvk 700 $aForrest$b Tara$p

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