A highly significant collection of essays by highly distinguished group of internationally known author. It is focused on a central issue in contemporary social thought and will provoke considerable discussion in all future work concerned with defining the underlying character of Modernity.rnThis distinguished collection of papers argues for a positive interpretation of imagination. It discusses the different ways in which the concept of imagination has been construed. And it provides fascinating glimpses of the role of the imagination in the creation and management of Modernity.