Imagination in the Western Psyche: From Ancient Greece to Modern Neuroscience

ISBN-13: 9781032090665 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 280 str.

Jonathan Erickson

Opis

Imagination in the Western Psyche: From Ancient Greece to Modern Neuroscience offers a comprehensive treatment of the human imagination by integrating the rich discourse on imagination in the humanities with modern neuroscientific research

Spis treści

PART 1. INTRODUCTION.  1. CHASING IMAGINATION.  2. MEASURING THE IMAGINAL.  PART 2. IMAGINATION AS PHENOMENON  3. A BRIEF HISTORY OF IMAGINATION FROM PREHISTORY TO THE RENAISSANCE. 4. IMAGINATION IN MODERNITY.  5. IMAGINAL PSYCHOLOGY.  PART 3. THE NEUROSCIENCE OF IMAGINATION.  6. SENSE AND IMAGE  7. TIME AND STORY.  8. CREATIVITY AND DREAM.  PART 4. THE IMAGINATION OF NEUROSCIENCE.  9. IMAGINATION IN SCIENCE.  10. NEUROSCIENCE AS STORY AND MYTH.  11. CONCLUSION

O autorze

Jonathan Erickson, a writer and educator, holds a BA in English literature from UC Berkeley and a PhD in depth psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, California, USA