Combining
perspectives from both continental and analytic philosophy, this timely
volume explores how imagination today both shapes and is shaped by
technology, art and ethics.
Imagination is one of
the most significant and broadly examined concepts in contemporary philosophy and is
frequently understood as a basic human faculty that enables complex
activities. This book shows, however, that
imagination is more than a mere enabler. Whilst imagination shapes our
experiences, it is at the same time shaped by our environments. Some of the
most creative manifestations of imagination are the result of its two-way
interaction with art or technology, or both. In short, imagination co-shapes
us.
Beyond the
traditional perspectives of Kant and Heidegger, The Philosophy of Imagination: Technology, Art and Ethics examines
our dynamic relationship with imagination, from contemporary technological advancements such as AI that transform the whole ecosystem to
imagination in the context of videogames and literary fiction. Analysing
societal imagination, it addresses the relationship between the racial
imaginary and white ignorance, as well as the effects that societal
mechanisms such as lockdowns can have on our imagination.
Taking its cue from the here and now, this volume brings together leading international scholars to investigate how the concept of co-shaping allows us to see imagination and its crucial role in society in new and productive ways.
Edited by:
Galit Wellner,
Geoffrey Dierckxsens,
Marco Arienti
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781350277212
ISBN 10: 1350277215
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 16 May 2024
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Editors' Introduction, Galit Wellner (The NB Haifa School of Design and Tel Aviv University, Israel), Geoffrey Dierckxsens (Czech Academy of Sciences, the Czech Republic), Marco Arienti (University of Antwerp, Belgium) Part 1: Imagination and the Contemporary Human Chapter 1: Experimental Imagination, Don Ihde (Emeritus, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA) Chapter 2: On Imagination and World-making: Paul Ricoeur’s Critical Revival of Nelson Goodman’s Analytic Aesthetics, Cristina Vendra (Czech Academy of Sciences, the Czech Republic) Chapter 3: Imagination in Ryle and Sartre, Andreas Vrahimis (University of Cyprus, Cyprus) Chapter 4: Enactive Imagination: Its Roots and Contemporary Horizons, Zuzanna Rucin´ska (University of Antwerp, Belgium) Part 2: Imagination and Technology Chapter 5: Can Algorithms Imagine?, Galit Wellner (The NB Haifa School of Design and Tel Aviv University, Israel) Chapter 6: “Habitus Machines”: On Emagination and Its (Bad) Consequences, Alberto Romele (Lille University, France) Chapter 7: Hybrid Imagination as Techno-Activism, Lars Botin (Aalborg University, Denmark) Part 3: Imagination and Art Chapter 8: Am I in Wonderland as Alice is? The First Person Perspective in Imaginative Experiences, Arthur Cools (University of Antwerp, Belgium) Chapter 9: Imagination and Literature, Leen Verheyen (University of Antwerp, Belgium) Chapter 10: Images and Imagination across Phenomenology and Make-believe Theories of Pictures, Marco Arienti (University of Antwerp, Belgium) PART 4 Imagination and Ethics Chapter 11: White Ignorance and the White Imaginary, Celia Edell (McGill University, Canada) Chapter 12: Moral Imagination and Moral Action, Yanni Ratajczyk (University of Antwerp, Belgium) Chapter 13: Imagination in Bioethics. A Bioethical Study of the Covid-19 Pandemic, Geoffrey Dierckxsens (Czech Academy of Sciences, the Czech Republic) Chapter 14: Covid-19 and Our Way of Being Together, Nicola Liberati (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China) Part 5: The Co-shaping of Imagination and the Future Chapter 15: Beyond the Imagination. Psychedelics and Future Imaginaries, Pieter Lemmens (Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands) Chapter 16: Critical Imagination: Technology and the Possibility of Transformative Criticism, Lyat Friedman (Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel) Chapter 17: The Imagination Age: A Critical Assessment, Hub Zwart (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands) Index
Galit Wellner is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the NB Haifa School of Design, Israel, and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at Tel Aviv University, Israel. Geoffrey Dierckxsens is Head of the Interdisciplinary Research Lab for Bioethics (IRLaB) at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS), Prague, the Czech Republic. Marco Arienti is a Doctoral Researcher in Philosophy at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.
