Insight-Imagination: The Emancipation of Thought and the Modern World [Paperback]

Douglas Sloan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1993 | ISBN-10: 1885580002 | ISBN-13: 978-1885580009

Sloan argues that a fundamental transformation of our ideas about knowing, our selves, and our world is not only possible, but necessary. The key to this transformation lies in an understanding of "insight-imagination"--the involvement of the thinking, feeling, willing, valuing person in knowing. The possibility and mode of effecting this transformation is the subject of Insight-Imagination. Sloan examines alternative and potentially more constructive intellectual approaches as developed in the radical humanities and the world's great religious traditions. The author explores the role of education in the transformation of consciousness and the effect of this transformation on education.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Resource Center for Redesigning (September 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1885580002
• ISBN-13: 978-1885580009
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,016,731 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Commentary on Science and Culture, March 17, 2008

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Andrew Cort, author of "Symbols, Meaning,... - See all my reviews

This review is from: Insight-Imagination: The Emancipation of Thought and the Modern World (Paperback)

This book, ostensibly a book about education, is much more than that. Sloan has written a superb critique of the western mind's fascination with the scientific world-view, and the belittling consequences that this fascination has had upon the human soul. It responds brilliantly both to the forces of fundamentalism and the forces of atheism. Written with a rare combination of elegance and clarity, it is a book that can open minds and hearts to a much deeper understanding of our civilization.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Transforming, June 5, 2005

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Former Student (Berkeley, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Insight-Imagination: The Emancipation of Thought and the Modern World (Paperback)

A good book is one that has interesting useful information, a very good book gives you principles to apply to an analysis of phenomena, but a great book includes the latter but transforms the framework of peceptions so that you never look at things in the same way again.This is a great book.