From dream to action : imagination and (im)possible futures

"The ubiquitous presence of imaginative work points at its importance among the higher mental functions. This collective volume discusses both the social relevance of imagination, that cannot be reduced to an inter-individual feature, and the cultural-historical conditions of imagining. The aut...

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Other Authors Valério, Tatiana (Editor), Bastos, Ana Clara de Sousa Bittencourt (Editor), Tateo, Luca (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2020]
SeriesAdvances in cultural psychology.
Subjects
Imagination.
Motivation (Psychology)
Self-realization.
Self-actualization (Psychology)
Psychology > Creative Ability.
Cognition and cognitive psychology.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806604852
DOI10.1108/9781648022814
Physical Description1 online resource (298 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Series editor's preface: The irresistible desire towards imagination / Jaan Valsiner
  • Introduction: Towards a General Study of Imaginative Processes in Human Purposeful Action / Luca Tateo, Tatiana Valério, and Ana Clara S. Bastos
  • Section I. What about imagination?
  • Chapter 1. The imaginative in the concrete: How action is premised on emerging hopes and potentiality / Stephan S. Sieland and Niklas A. Chimirri
  • Chapter 2. The future of individuals: Uncertainty, action, and non-action / Emiliana Mangone
  • Section II. Health care and imagination
  • Chapter 3. The dimension of temporality in rare disease stories: Towards a possible future? / Altomare E. Zagaria, Giuseppina Marsico, R. Scardigno, and Giuseppe Mininni
  • Chapter 4. Imagined future in the life course of a heart transplant patient: Anhanga, the dog protector / Nathaly Maria Ferreira-Novaes, Maria C. D. P. Lyra, Mariana Bentzen Aguiar, Janicleide Nascimento de Souza, and César Filipe da Silva Oliveira
  • Chapter 5. Imaginative processes about the future for young adults with chronic kidney disease / Agnaldo Junior Santana Lima and Marilena Ristum
  • Chapter 6. Imagination and mourning: The case of a young caregiver / Brena Carvalho, Ana Clara Bastos, Alane Leite, Marilena Ristum, Julianin Araujo, and Leonardo Lima
  • Section III. Art and imagination
  • Chapter 7. Changing-and-returning to a musical instrument: Exploring dilemmatic experiences in the trajectory of a Brazilian percussionist / Elsa de Mattos, Tatiana Valério, and Bernardina S. A. de Sousa
  • Chapter 8. Unfreezing social representations through imagination in open society: Enabling movement and human encounters beyond borders / Dany Boulanger
  • Chapter 9. Imagining the future in a transnational adoption process / Pirkko Raudaskoski
  • Section IV. Dreaming
  • Chapter 10. Dream movements of flight and fall / Line Joranger
  • Chapter 11. Quieting disquieting experience: Using dreams, diaries, and imagination to overcome symbolic ruptures / Emily Abbey and Katherine Talian
  • Chapter 12. Dreaming uncertainties: A semiotic interpretation of bion's negative capability condition for imagination emerging / Raffaele De Luca Picione
  • Section V. Education and imagination
  • Chapter 13. Imagination and argumentation: Exploring potential alternatives as a reflective tool for educational context / Gabriel Fortes Macêdo
  • Chapter 14. A box of surprises: Imagination and the challenge of practicing psychology / Karina Moutinho, Taciana Feitosa de Melo Breckenfeld, and Candy E. M. Laurendon. About the Authors.

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