3. Social Imaginary
■ The social imaginary is the imaginary system that holds
society together. It provides the web of meanings and
structures that guide our collective and individual
actions and values.
4. The definitions of Social Imaginary
according to some authors.
■ “A deep-seated of understanding that provides the general parameters within
which people imagine their communal existence”. Manfred Steger
■ “It is the ways where people imagine their social existence, how they fit
together with others, how things move between them and their fellows, the
expectations that are normally met, and deeper normative notions and images
that underlie these expectations”. Charles Taylor
■ “Social imaginary is a product of history that generates individual and
collective practices". Pierre Bourdieu
