Imagination

<i>Imagination: Cross-Cultural Philosophical Analyses</i>is a rare intercultural inquiry into the conceptions and functions of the imagination in contemporary philosophy.<br/> <br/> 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. <br/> <br/> 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.