On Public Imagination: A Political and Ethical Imperative

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
Public Imagination: The Challenge of 21st Century Populist and
Authoritarian Politics
Thinking about Public Imagination
Imagining an Agenda
PART I: Imagination: Theory and Engagement
1. Rallying: Imagination’s Political Process
References
2. What Has Happened to the Public Imagination and Why?
References
3. Imaginal Politics in the Age of Trumpism
Notes
References
4. Public Space: Thinking at the Edge of the Cave
Notes
References
Bibliography
5. Scaling Imagination: The Political Implications of Popular Media
Popular Media
Politics of the Popular
Notes
References
Bibliography
6. A New Operating System For Humanity: The Power of Narrative
Bibliography
PART II: Imagining Communities and Rights
7. Living Together: Secularism and the Making of an Indian Public Sphere
Living Together
Conclusion
Note
Bibliography
8. How to Think About Populism
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9. Magic of Public Imagination: Transcending Public Evil
Bibliography
10. Trump, Public Imagination, and Islamophobia
Taking Advantage of Islamophobia
Islamophobia: Failure to Address Root Causes
Countering Islamophobia; Transforming the Public Imagination
Notes
References
11. America’s Divided Political Imaginary
Bibliography
12. Migration, Terrorism, and the Survival of the Liberal Project
Note
References
Further Readings
13. Building a Movement against Genocide in Myanmar: Recovering Democracy’s Promise
Notes
References
14. Ambedkar and Du Bois on Pursuing Rights Protections Globally
Note
References
Bibliography
15. Why Should We Care About Chineseness?
Notes
References
Bibliography
PART III: Ecological Imaginations
16. Seeding the Future, Seeding Freedom
Humanity Stands at an Evolutionary Crossroads
17. Ecological Publics: Imagining Epistemic Openness
Notes
References
Bibliography
18. Re-imagining Politics through the Lens of the Commons
Note
References
Bibliography
PART IV: Rupture and Revolution
19. Ruminations on Darkness and Light
20. Public Imagination as Prophetic Legacy
Notes
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21. A New Axial Age? Opening and Disarray
Note
References
Bibliography
22. Revolutionary Politics and Public Imagination
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23. The Great Gramsci: Imagining an Alt-Left Project
Note
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24. A Dialectic of Utopia/Dystopia in the Public Imagination of the 21st Century
Notes
References
Bibliography
PART V: Across the Bor
25. The Future of National and Global (Dis)order: Exclusive Populism versus Inclusive Global Governance
Earthquakes in World Politics
Challenges and Shortcomings of the Current ‘Order’
The Necessity of the Change and Modalities of Order
The Need for a
More Inclusive Global Governance
Note
References
26. The Indispensability of Utopias: A Note on Davutoğlu’s Vision of Global (Dis)order
Notes
References
27. Imagining the Right to Peace
Recent Violations of the Right to Peace
Why Isn’t the Right to Peace a
Reality?
How Do We Enforce the Right to Peace?
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28. Public Imagination About Public Affairs
Notes
References
29. Imagining Global Governance: Alternatives to Trump, Brexit, and New Wars
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30. Politics of Compassion in an Age of Ruthless Power
Notes
References
Bibliography
Coda
Public Imagination
Appendix
Index