Contrast Experiences and Social Imaginaries as Spaces for Truth-Seeking

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of Contents V
3. Introduction to Social Imaginaries in a Globalizing World 1
4. Section 1: Social Imaginaries. A Historical and Conceptual Analysis
5. On the Philosophical Genealogy of the Concept Social Imaginaries 21
6. Social Imaginaries A Conceptual Analysis 47
7. Retrieving Realism in Social Imaginaries 73
8. Section 2: Social Imaginaries as Meaningful Spaces
9. Contrast Experiences and Social Imaginaries as Spaces for Truth-Seeking 95
10. The Play of the World Social Imaginaries as Transcending Spaces: From Taylor to Nietzsche 119
11. ‘Plus de Biens’: Jacques Derrida and Charles Taylor 141
12. Section 3: Human Rights and Migration — (Post‐)Secular Social Imaginaries in Contemporary Perspective
13. Studying Culture through Imaginaries Some Reflections on the Relevance of Imaginaries for the Social Sciences 167
14. Human Rights as a Secular Social Imaginary in the Field of Transitional Justice The Dutch-Indonesian ‘Rawagede Case’ 193
15. Europe and the Human Rights Imaginary The Role of Perceptions of Human Rights in Europe and Migration Aspirations 223
16. Post-Secular Nationalism The Dutch Turn to the Right & Cultural-Religious Reframing of Secularity 247
17. List of Contributors 265
18. Index 267