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Imagination and Postmodernity

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Imagination and Postmodernity addresses the role of the imagination in philosophy today. By focusing on philosophy at the boundary of reason with constant reference to Kant’s view of the boundary-limit, it is possible to advance a viable alternative to deconstructing the imagination. Patrick L. Bourgeois puts forth the claim that by refocusing the imagination in the postmodern conversation, a far-reaching contemporary position can be reached that reestablishes the position of the humanities as central against the anti-humanism of deconstruction. This work addresses some of the challenges and problems that emerge in conflicting positions within contemporary philosophy, including a concentration on the role of the imagination in the work of Paul Ricoeur in contrast and in opposition to its role in such postmodern thinkers as Derrida and Lyotard. This treatment requires going back to the role of the imagination in the period of Kant and his immediate followers in order to clarify the various ways of seeing the imagination then and now, for the role today is anticipated in the nineteenth century. Finally, this work, as a creative appropriation of the position of Paul Ricoeur, presents a role for the imagination today that is more encompassing than most thinkers allow for.

Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: The Imagination: Its Challenge to Philosophy Today
Chapter 2: The Transcendental Productive Imagination
Chapter 3: The Imagination at the Boundary: Phenomenological Variations and Pragmatism
Chapter 4: Imagination and Postmodernity
Chapter 5: Imagination and Postmodernity II: Narrative
Bibliography

Product details

Published Apr 25 2017
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 184
ISBN 9781498556514
Imprint Lexington Books
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Series Studies in the Thought of Paul Ricoeur
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Patrick L. Bourgeois

Patrick L. Bourgeois is William and Audrey Hutchin…

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