Imagination in Human and Cultural Development

Imagination in Human and Cultural Development-Front Cover
Imagination in Human and Cultural Development
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Figures
Series Editor’s foreword
	Imagination in the center: Creating the real through the non-real
Preface
Chapter 1: Imagination: A sociocultural approach
	Philosophical assumptions
	Theoretical assumptions
	The lifecourse
	Observing imagination: Methodological considerations
	Overview of the book
Chapter 2: The centrality of imagination to everyday life
	The historical construction of imagination as an object of study
	Building up the field of imagination
	Imagination as embodied, semiotic, multimodal process
	Notes
Chapter 3: The loop of imagination
	Imagination as uncoupling
	The temporal sequence of imagining
	The three-dimensions of imagination
	The culturally guided imagination
	Agency and imagination
	The status of the model of imagination as a loop
	Note
Chapter 4: Resources for imagination
	“Imaginative horizons”: Social and cultural guidance
	Social representations as semiotic resources for imagining
	Cultural elements for imagining
	The role of other people in imagination
	Past personal experiences
	Material objects for imagining
	The dialogicality of imagining
Chapter 5: Imagination in situated activities
	Imagination in the crib
	Imagination at school
	Imagination in cooking
	Imagination in sports
	Imagination in music
	Imagination in science
	The triumph of the imagination
	Synthesis: Enriching situated activities
Chapter 6: Imagination in the lifecourse
	The development of the imagination
	Imagination across the lifecourse
	The role of imagination in the lifecourse
	Life-paths as outcomes of imagination
	Synthesis: Creating one’s life
	Notes
Chapter 7: Imagination in societal change
	Agency and imagination
	Imagining the moon: From fantasy, to science fiction, to actuality
	Utopia: Imagination vs. actuality
	The sociogenetic imagination
	Synthesis: The consequences of imagination
Chapter 8: Imagination as freedom
	How should one evaluate a model?
	Imagination: Goal direction and agency
	Subject and society emerging through imagination
	Refocusing psychology on the imagination
References
Author index
Subject index