Insight-imagination

Douglas Sloan contends that our understanding of knowledge, of the self, and of the world must change at a basic level, and that such a change is both achievable and required. Central to his case is the idea of "insight-imagination," which treats knowing as something the whole person takes part in, bringing together thought, emotion, will, and values.

The book asks how such a shift might come about. Sloan looks at intellectual alternatives that may offer a more constructive path, drawing on the radical humanities and on the major religious traditions of the world.

He also considers education in this process, asking what role it plays in reshaping consciousness and how that reshaping would in turn transform the practice of education.