The wake of imagination : ideas of creativity in Western culture

With his remarkable range of vision, the author takes us on a voyage of discovery that leads from Eden to Fellini, from paradise to parody - plotting the various models of the imagination as: Hebraic, Greek, medieval, Romantic, existential and post-modern. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Acknowledgements......Page 11 Introduction: Imagination Now......Page 12 The Hebraic Imagination......Page 48 The Hellenic Imagination......Page 90 The Medieval Imagination......Page 125 The Transcendental Imagination......Page 166 The Existentialist Imagination I; Kierkegaard and Nietzsche......Page 207 The Existentialist Imagination II;Sartre......Page 229 The Parodic Imagination......Page 262 Postmodern Culture: Apocalypse Now?......Page 310 Conclusion: After Imagination?......Page 370 Notes......Page 410 Index......Page 474 If postmodernism glorifies the artificiality of the image, what effect does that have on the authenticity of the imagination? To counter the ways in which the imagination has been undermined, Richard Kearney traces its history, its conceptual origins and mutations. With his remarkable range of vision, he takes us on a voyage of discovery that leads from Eden to Fellini, from paradise to parody -- plotting the various models of the imagination such as Hebrais, Greek, medieval, Romantic, existential, parodic and postmodern. The journey is a revelation. He spoke of the beginning, chaos and old night, and their division by God's word; He recited the vigorous, blithely plural summons of God to Himself, the enterprising proposal: 'Let us make man' . . . and indeed did God not go on to say: 'in our image, after our likeness'? Richard Kearney. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [399]-461) And Index.