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social science subjects > sociology > social theory > critical theory > the imaginary
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the imaginary  

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  • The imaginary is the set of meanings, symbols, values, narratives, and representations of the world through which people imagine their existence. The concept entered the political-philosophical debate when, after the linguistic turn, political theorists started to point out that our relationship to the world is always linguistically mediated. [Source: Encyclopedia of Political Theory; Imaginary, The]

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