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Imagination: Cross-Cultural Philosophical Analyses is a rare intercultural inquiry into the conceptions and functions of the imagination in contemporary philosophy.
Divided into East Asian, comparative, and post-comparative approaches, it brings together a leading team of philosophers to explore the concepts of the illusory and illusions, the development of fantastic narratives and metaphors, and the use of images and allegories across a broad range of traditions. Chapters discuss how imagination has been interpreted by thinkers such as Zhuangzi, Plato, Confucius, Heidegger, and Nietzsche.
By drawing on sources including Buddhist aesthetics, Daoism, and analytic philosophy of mind, this cross-cultural collection shows how the imagination can be an indispensable tool for the comparative philosopher, opening up new possibilities for intercultural dialogue and critical engagement.
Contents
Introduction, Andrew K. Whitehead (Kennesaw State University, USA)
PART I: Imagination in Chinese and Japanese Philosophies
1. Truth and Imagination in China: Opposition and Conciliation in the Tradition, Richard John Lynn, University of Toronto, Canada
2. Zhuangzi and the Literary Genre of Fantasy, Nicolas LeJeune, University of Macau, China
3. Visual Zen: The Role of Imagination in Shaping a Zen Aesthetics, Rudi Capra, National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland
PART II: Comparative Studies on Imagination
4. The Imaginary and the Real in Zhuangzi and Plato, May Sim, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, USA
5. Is There Imagination in Daoism?: Kant, Heidegger, and Classical Daoism: Rethinking Imagination and Thinking in Images, Steven Burik, Singapore Management University, Singapore
6. Daoism, Utopian Imagination and Its Discontents, Ellen Y. Zhang, Hong Kong Baptist University, China
PART III: Post-Comparative Conceptions of Imagination in World Philosophy
7. Imagination Beyond the Western Mind, Julia Jansen, KU Leuven, Belgium
8. Time, Habit, and Imagination in Childhood Play, Talia Welsh, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA
9. Images of Me in the Roles I Live: An Existentialist Contribution to Confucian Role Ethics, Andrew K. Whitehead, Kennesaw State University, USA
10. Imagination, Formation, and Place: An Ontology, John W. M. Krummel, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, USA
11. Between Truth and Utopia: Philosophy in North America and the Narrowing of the Social-Political Imagination, Gabriel Soldatenko, Kennesaw State University, USA
