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The Politics of Imagination. Benjamin, Kracauer, Kluge

dc.creatorForrest, Tara
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-24T11:38:32Z
dc.date.available2018-09-24T11:38:32Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en
dc.identifier.doi10.25969/mediarep/899
dc.identifier.doi10.14361/9783839406816
dc.identifier.isbnisbn:978-3-8394-0681-6
dc.identifier.urihttps://mediarep.org/handle/doc/1949
dc.languageeng
dc.publishertranscript
dc.publisher.placeBielefeld
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0
dc.subjectaestheticsen
dc.subjectÄsthetikde
dc.subjectWalter Benjaminde
dc.subjectcultural theoryen
dc.subjectFilmde
dc.subjectImaginationde
dc.subjectAlexander Klugede
dc.subjectSiegfried Kracauerde
dc.subjectLiteraturde
dc.subjectMedia Philosophyen
dc.subjectMedia Studiesen
dc.subjectmedia theoryen
dc.subjectMedienphilosophiede
dc.subject.ddcddc:100
dc.titleThe Politics of Imagination. Benjamin, Kracauer, Klugeen
dc.typebook
dc.type.statuspublishedVersion
dcterms.bibliographicCitationForrest, Tara (2007): The Politics of Imagination. Benjamin, Kracauer, Kluge. Bielefeld: transcript. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/899.
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