This new edited collection is a highly readable, thought-provoking update and expansion of theories of materiality and the phenomenology of the imaginary, relevant to a new generation seeking to theorize questions of social integration and social change. It should be on the list of graduate foundational readings across programs in sociology, STS, and media and cultural studies.

Rachel Reynolds, associate professor, graduate programs in communication, culture & media, Drexel University

The imaginary has usually been studied at the intersection of different academic disciplines and has remained marginal. What has been lacking is work based on the idea that the imaginary is not the opposite of the real, but its invisible source. Startling in the richness and plurality of its contributions, this book moves in this essential direction and will certainly be a point of reference for future study.

Michele Sorice, Luiss University