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This book explores Walter Benjamin, Siegfried Kracauer and Alexander Kluge's analyses of the role that a rejuvenation in the capacity for imagination can play in encouraging us to reconceive the possibilities of the past, the present, and the future outside of the parameters of the status quo. The concept of imagination to which the title of the book refers is not a strictly defined, stable concept, but rather a term which is employed to refer to a capacity that facilitates both an active, creative relationship to one's environment, and a process of mediation between the outside world and one's own experiences and memories. Through a detailed analysis of their engagements with subjects that span a broad range of historical and thematic contexts (including topics as diverse as literature, children's play, film, photography, history, and television) the book charts the extent to which the concept of imagination plays a central role in Benjamin, Kracauer, and Kluge's explorations of a mode of perception and experience which could serve as a catalyst for the creation and sustenance of a desire for a different kind of future. Reviewed in: cultural studies review, 14/2, 9 (2008), Lisa McDonald fsk Hamburg, 09.08.2009, Olaf Berg

Media studies --- Aesthetics. --- Alexander Kluge. --- Cultural Theory. --- Culture. --- Film. --- Imagination. --- Literature. --- Media Philosophy. --- Media Studies. --- Media Theory. --- Media. --- Siegfried Kracauer. --- Walter Benjamin. --- Movie; Media; Culture; Literature; Imagination; Walter Benjamin; Siegfried Kracauer; Alexander Kluge; Aesthetics; Film; Media Theory; Media Philosophy; Cultural Theory; Media Studies --- Arts --- Perception (Philosophy) --- Political aspects. --- Philosophy --- Movie --- Media --- Culture --- Literature --- Imagination --- Walter Benjamin --- Siegfried Kracauer --- Alexander Kluge --- Aesthetics --- Film --- Media Theory --- Media Philosophy --- Cultural Theory --- Media Studies

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Alexander Kluge is best known as a founding member of the New German Cinema movement, but his work has spanned a number of genres and media. This wide-ranging book assembles a diverse selection of texts, from nonfiction writings and short stories by Kluge, to critical essays by renowned international scholars on Kluge's work, to transcripts of interviews with the artist himself. A valuable collection for students and scholars in the fields of film, television, and media studies, 'Alexander Kluge: Raw Materials for the Imagination' is a perfect introduction to Kluge's key themes and ideas.

Motion picture producers and directors --- Kluge, Alexander, --- Motion pictures --- Criticism and interpretation.