Construction Site for Possible Worlds

The construction of other possible worlds: perspectives from philosophy, aesthetics, and art.

tremendous force exerted by capital on contemporary life produces an aggressive and coercive "official reality," the question of the construction of other possible worlds is ever-present and perhaps ever more urgent than ever.

This collection brings together different perspectives from the fields of philosophy, aesthetics, and art to discuss the mechanisms through which possible worlds are imagined, constructed, and instantiated, in the hope of overcoming the contemporary moment's deficit of imagination and its apparent fear of thinking possible and achievable alternatives.

Implicit in this dynamic between the imaginary and the possible is the question of how the imagination intertwines with both rationality and the inherited contingencies of the world we are born into. With no ascertainable ground on which to build, with no faith in any "given" that could guarantee our labors, how do we even envisage the construction site of possible worlds, and with what kind of language can we bring them into being?

Constructia altor lumi posibile: perspective din filozofie, estetica si arta. Forta extraordinara exercitata de capital asupra vietii contemporane produce o „realitate oficiala” agresiva si coercitiva, problema constructiei altor lumi posibile este mereu prezenta si poate vreodata Aceasta colectie reuneste perspective diferite din domeniile filozofiei, esteticii si artei pentru a discuta despre mecanismele prin care lumile posibile sunt imaginate, construite si instantiate, in speranta de a depasi deficitul de imaginatie al momentului contemporan si teama aparenta de a gandi alternative posibile si realizabile. Implicita in aceasta dinamica dintre imaginar si posibil este intrebarea modului in care imaginatia se impleteste atat cu rationalitatea, cat si cu contingentele mostenite ale lumii in care ne nastem.