Imagination
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781433105296
Paperback|9781433105296
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Overview
Advancement in the arts and sciences is a primary driver of economic production and social policy in post-industrial societies. Imagination steps back and asks 'what advances the arts and sciences?' This book explores the collective, social and global dimension of human imagining-and the ambivalent relationship of social institutions, including universities, schools, economies, media and culture industries, to the collective imagination. Basic discovery requires high levels of creative thinking: Imagination looks at the social conditions that make path-breaking thought possible on a large scale. It examines the role of aesthetic, pictorial, digital, paradoxical and other imaginative styles of thinking, and the times and places in which such styles become socially prominent and a significant force in economic and cultural production. It looks at successful societies as they are approaching their peak, when new ideas are driving them forward.
| ISBN-13 | 9781433105296 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 1433105292 |
| Weight | 1.26 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 6.00 x 0.75 x 9.00 In |
| List Price | $58.65 |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Language | English |
| Pages | 412 pages |
| Publisher | Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers |
| Published On | 2010-05-28 |
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