Human Beings and Their Images: Imagination, Mimesis, Performativity

by Christoph Wulf

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350265179
• ISBN13: 9781350265172
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"