The Imaginal World and the Orientation of Perception
Henry Corbin and the French Phenomenological Context
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4514728 |
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| Authors | John V Garner (University of West Georgia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 104 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-25 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4189 • E-ISSN: 1549-6538 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/727689 |
| OpenAlex | W4391740693 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
This article places Henry Corbin’s concept of creative imagination in conversation with the French phenomenological tradition. Section I explores Corbin’s phenomenological method and his view of the imaginal world, drawn from his interpretations of Suhrawardī and Ibn ‘Arabī. Section II then places this concept in conversation with the early Jean-Paul Sartre’s “annihilative” imagination and Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s critique of it. This section argues that Corbin needs a strong distinction like Sartre’s between imagination and perception but also that he could be seen as agreeing partly with Merleau-Ponty’s critique of Sartre. What Corbin ultimately maintains, as the article’s conclusion argues, is that our access to the distinctive imaginal world enables a characteristic duality to arise in all perceptual life, a duality that is required if we are to be able to relate to perception either critically or charitably
Context (archaeology) · Epistemology · Geometry · Orientation (vector space) · Perception · Sociology · Historical and Literary Studies · History · Literary Analysis and Cultural Studies · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
| Highly cited | No |
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