The authors of the book try to integrate the results of multidimensional research on problem of imagination, image, figurative thinking and symbol in a lot of traditions of European thought and contemporary philosophy and social practices.

The book contains analyses and interpretations of multidimensional perspectives in philosophical, economical and psychological research on imagination. The authors analyse Russian (N. Bierdiajew) and French philosophy and anthropology (G. Bachelard, G. Durand), German conceptions (I. Kant's, F. Baader's, F. Schiller 's or Heideggerian interpretations) of the role of imagination in art, science and sociopolitical domains. Image and imagination play the main role in the contemporary social world. It is investigated by psychology, sociology and political sciences, and many subdisciplines of philosophy have their own traditions in approaches to image and imagination problem. The authors try to integrate the results of these research efforts.

Autorentext

Ilona B ocian is Associate Professor in the Institute of Philosophy, University of Wroc aw, Poland. Her scientific interests include: anthropology of an image, philosophy of images, research on myth, philosophical conceptions of man, sociological approaches to the process of acquiring culture, personality and culture, psycho-culturalism, history of the conceptions of the unconscious, history of psychoanalysis, C. G. Jung's conception and G. Bachelard's conception. Dmitry Prokudin is Associate Professor in the Institute of Philosophy, University of Saint Petersburg, Russia. His scientific interests include: information society, information culture, digital culture and information and communication technology (ICT).

Inhalt

Image - Imagination - Man - Myth - Anthropological structures - Symbol - Political myths - Imagery of politics - Scientism - Rationalism - Empiricism - Concept - Idea - Logic - Philosophy - Dialectics - Hermeneutics - Sociological imagination - Pluralization - Rationality - Symbol - Understanding - Intuition - Conceivability - Analytic philosophy - Thought experiments - Democracy - Artistic film - Empathy machine - Style - Creativity - Aesthetic image - Meta-language - Consciousness - Unconscious - Dialogue - Risk - International organization - Eurasian Economic Union - Eurasian integration - Political hegemony - Political images - Political imaginarium - Revolutionary imaginarium - French Revolution - Bolshevik revolution