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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Title Page -- Introduction: Why Does Liberal-Democratic Politics Need Creative Imagination? -- The Dangers and Promises of Imagination in Politics -- Habermas and Bakhtin: Discourse Ethics, Imagination, and Intercultural Understanding -- Arendt on the World-Creating Power of Imagination as an Antidote to the Totalitarian Temptations of Politics -- Kant and Schiller on the Civil Power of Imagination -- Herder on the Role of Imagination, Language, and Culture in the Formation of Humanity -- Nietzsche on the Role of Imagination in Modern Liberal-Democracies -- Heidegger on Political Aestheticism and Poetic Care -- Conclusions: The Promise of Benign Public Imagination for the Contemporary World -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Imagination -- Political aspects
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Imagery (Psychology)
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Liberty.
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imagery.
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freedom.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
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Imagery (Psychology)
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Liberty
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780739199077 |
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0739199072 |
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