Imagination: Three Models of Imagination in the Age of the Knowledge Economy

by Michael A. Peters and Peter Murphy

Advancement in the arts and sciences is a primary driver of economic production and social policy in post-industrial societies. Imagination steps back and asks 'what advances the arts and sciences?' This book explores the collective, social and global dimension of human imagining-and the ambivalent relationship of social institutions, including universities, schools, economies, media and culture industries, to the collective imagination. Basic discovery...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1433105292
• ISBN13: 9781433105296
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.8"