Human Beings and their Images: Imagination, Mimesis, Performativity

by Christoph Wulf

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Bringing the image into dialogue with the imagination, mimesis and performativity, Christoph Wulf illuminates the historical, cultural and philosophical aspects of the relationship between images and human beings, looking both at its conceptual and physical manifestations.

Wulf explores the cultural power of the image. He shows that images take root in our personal and collective imaginaries to determine how we feel, how we perceive the arts and culture, and how our bodies respond with physical actions, in games and dance to rituals and gesture. By showing how imagination occupies an essential place in our daily conduct, Wulf makes a significant contribution to how we think about the role of images in culture, the arts and society.
  • ISBN10 1350265136
  • ISBN13 9781350265134
  • Publish Date 24 March 2022 (first published 24 February 2022)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 28 September 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 272
  • Language English