Human beings and their images : imagination, mimesis, performativity /: imagination, mimesis, performativity. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Christoph Wulf.
• Authors: Wulf, Christoph, 1944-
• Contents: List of IllustrationsPart I. Image and Imagination1. The World as Image: The Great Image without Form2. Imagination and the Development of Human Beings3. Iconic Forms of Imagination4. Theories and Concepts of ImaginationPart II. Imagination and the Imaginary5. Collectivity and the Dynamic of the Imaginary6. The Imaginary, the Symbolic and the Real7. The Performativity of the Imagination8. Images as ActionsPart III. Imagination and Practices of the Body9. The World of Play and Games10. The Anthropology of Dance11. The Human Need for Rituals12. Gestures as LanguagePart IV. Mimesis and Cultural Learning13. Cultural Learning as Mimetic Learning14. The Intangible Cultural Heritage15. Family Rituals16. Family HappinessConclusion: The Power of ImagesBibliography Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 153.32; Imagery (Psychology); Imagery (Psychology) in art; Mind and body
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350265158
• Related ISBNs: 9781350265141
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