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

• Autore: Czobor-Lupp Mihaela
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (280 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.01/9
• Soggetto topico: Imagination - Political aspects; Imagery (Psychology); Liberty
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: <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>
• Titolo autorizzato: Imagination in politics
• ISBN: 0-7391-9907-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463535703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II