Description: This book is about the ways we make sense of the constant changes and interchanges of webs of meaning and being to which we are all connected. Working from textual, visual, historical, and contemporary fieldworks, each chapter presents a unique exercise on challenges of thinki...
Brief description: Asbjørn Skarsvåg Grønstad is Professor in the Department of Information Science and Media Studies at the University of Bergen, Norway.
Review Quotes:
"Demonstrating that the aesthetic imaginary cannot be confined to just one category, discipline, or period, the thoughtful and thought-provoking discussions of different kinds of texts in this volume present the reader with a range of inroads into the meanings and applications of a concept that proves to be not just helpful but indispensable. This is a significant contribution to literary and cultural studies as well as to film studies." --Jakob Lothe, University of Oslo
"Emerging Aesthetic Imaginaries could not have come at a better time to join our current intellectual discussions. It not only addresses the ethical complexities of living responsibly in a complicated world, but also reveals an intimate connection in our myriad responses to these very real and complex issues. Within singular lines of interdisciplinary discourse, this book constructs an intricately patterned web of intellectual engagement and ethical possibility." --Tabish Khair, Aarhus University