ABSTRACT

In this interdisciplinary anthology, essays study the relationship between the imagination and images both material and mental. Through case studies on a diverse array of topics including photography, film, sports, theater, and anthropology, contributors focus on the role of the creative imagination in seeing and producing images and the imaginary.

 

chapter 1|18 pages

Introduction: The Indispensability of the Imagination: Bernd Huppauf and Christoph Wulf

ByBERND HUPPAUF, CHRISTOPH WULF

part |1 pages

Part I: Imagination, Fantasy and Creativity

chapter |3 pages

PART I Introduction

chapter 2|17 pages

Imagination GERT MATTENKLOTT

chapter 3|14 pages

Aesthetic Immanence: Georges Didi-Huberman

ByGEORGES DIDI-HUBERMAN

part |1 pages

Part II: A Look at Pictures—Pictures Look Back

part |1 pages

Part III: Body Images and Body Imaginations

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

chapter 10|9 pages

The Neapolitan Gesture: Gunter Gebauer

ByGUNTER GEBAUER

chapter 11|12 pages

Images of Social Life: Christoph Wulf

ByCHRISTOPH WULF

chapter 13|14 pages

Media Images, Sports Rituals and the Imaginary: K. Ludwig Pfeiffer

ByK. LUDWIG PFEIFFER

chapter 14|12 pages

Ferocious Images: Peter Sloterdijk

ByPETER SLOTERDIJK

part |1 pages

Part IV: Indeterminacy and Fuzziness of Images

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

chapter 15|11 pages

Indeterminacy: On the Logic of the Image: Gottfried Boehm

ByGOTTFRIED BOEHM

chapter 17|16 pages

A Small History (of) Still Passing: Rebecca Schneider

ByREBECCA SCHNEIDER

chapter 19|12 pages

Kierkegaard’s Shadow Figures: Martin Puchner

ByMARTIN PUCHNER

part |1 pages

Part V: Constructions of the Visual