Examining philosophical, evolutionary, and literary perspectives, this book explores imagination as a cognitive power and an essential dimension of human flourishing. It demonstrates how imagination plays multiple roles in human cognition and shapes humanity in profound ways, making possible our experience of a meaningful world.
The Life of Imagination delivers a new conception of imagination that places it at the heart of our engagement with the world-thinking, acting, feeling, making, and being. Jennifer Anna Gosetti-Ferencei reveals imagination's roots in embodied human cognition and its role in shaping our cognitive ecology.
On Being and Becoming offers a new approach to existentialist thinking as a vital source of philosophical direction for living meaningfully. Overcoming reductive accounts of existentialist thought, this book critically assesses existentialism's varied and diverse origins, its contemporary relevance, and the ways it encourages creative responses to the question of life's meaning.
Toward a New Poetics of Dasein
Heidegger's interpretations of Hölderlin's poetry significantly influence both his philosophy and the reception of Hölderlin's work. Gosetti-Ferencei critiques this perspective, suggesting that Heidegger neglects essential components of Hölderlin's poetics, particularly a Kantian view of aesthetic subjectivity and Enlightenment ideals. She contends these elements counterbalance Heidegger's troubling political interpretations, which emphasize nationalism and a sense of German identity, offering a more nuanced understanding of Hölderlin's contributions.