Pensamento imaginativo e formação humana na sociedade contemporânea

Abstract

We propose, in the article, (re) to take the reflection on the subject of the imaginative thought and its implications for the formative processes before the contemporary way of life. Aware that such a goal is deeply complex and obtuse, we will make epistemic cuts in all conceptual instances of the problem: we will deal with some aspects of contemporaneity from an article by the philosopher and professor Pedro Georgen; we will approach the conception of imagination from two philosophers belonging to Critical Theory, Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno; Finally, we will make a reflexive effort to indicate indicatives about human formation in this context, especially with regard to the imaginative capacity, incentive of autonomy, dialogue and criticality; all vital aspects for establishing what Georgen calls a meeting, a suggested way to deal with the ways of life in today's societies.