On Public Imagination: A Political and Ethical Imperative

ISBN-13: 9780367360610 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 132 str.

Victor A. Faessel; Richard Falk; Michael Curtin

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In this wide-ranging and multidisciplinary volume, leading scholars, activists, journalists, and public figures deliberate about the creative and critical potential of public imagination in an era paradoxically marked by intensifying globalization and resurgent nationalism.

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Public Imagination: The Challenge of 21st Century Populist and Authoritarian Politics Richard Falk and Victor Faessel  Part 1: Imagination: Theory and Engagement  1. Rallying: On Imagination's Political Process Julie A. Carlson  2. What Has Happened to the Public Imagination and Why? Drucilla Cornell and Stephen D. Seely  3. Imaginal Politics in the Age of Trumpism Chiara Bottici  4. Public Space: Thinking at the Edge of the Cave Fred Dallmayr  5. Scaling Imagination: The Political Implications of Popular Media Michael Curtin  6. A New Operating System for Humanity: The Power of Narrative Kamal Sinclair  Part 2: Imagining Communities and Rights  7. Living Together: Secularism and the Making of an Indian Public Sphere Neera Chandhoke  8. How to Think About Populism Akeel Bilgrami  9. Magic of Public Imagination: Transcending Public Evil Victoria Brittain  10. Trump, Public Imagination, and Islamophobia Chandra Muzaffar  11. America's Divided Political Imaginary Paul W. Kahn  12. Migration, Terrorism, and the Survival of the Liberal Project Tom Farer  13. Building a Movement against Genocide in Myanmar: Recovering Democracy's Promise Penny Green  14. Ambedkar and Du Bois on Pursuing Rights Protections Globally Luis Cabrera  15. Why Should We Care About Chineseness? Allen Chun  Part 3: Ecological Imaginations  16. Seeding the Future, Seeding Freedom Vandana Shiva  17. Ecological Publics: Imagining Epistemic Openness Anna Grear  18. Re-imagining Politics through the Lens of the Commons David Bollier  Part 4: Rupture and Revolution  19. Ruminations on Darkness and Light Elizabeth West  20. Public Imagination as Prophetic Legacy Catherine Keller  21. A New Axial Age: Opening and Disarray Abdellah Hammoudi  22. Revolutionary Politics and Public Imagination Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi  23. The Great Gramsci: Imagining an Alt-Left Project Dayan Jayatilleka  24. A Dialectic of Utopia/Dystopia in the Public Imagination of the 21st Century Stephen Gill  Part 5: Across the Border  25. The Future of National and Global (Dis)Order: Exclusive Populism versus Inclusive Global Governance Ahmet Davutoğlu  26. The Indispensability of Utopias: A Note on Davutoğlu's Vision of Global (Dis)order Celso Amorim  27. Imagining the Right to Peace Marjorie Cohn  28. Public Imagination About Public Affairs Johan Galtung  29. Imagining Global Governance: Alternatives to Trump, Brexit, and New Wars Mary Kaldor  30. Politics of Compassion in an Age of Ruthless Power Kevin P. Clements  Coda Victor Faessel