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  • Social Sciences
  • Sociology
  • Political Science

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  • Imagination is a critical, though often implicit, driver of social movements.
  • Dissatisfaction with the present and visions of past or future states motivate collective action.
  • Social movements, in turn, can foster new forms of imagination within populations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To define imagination and social movements.
  • To review existing literature on their relationship.
  • To identify key dimensions for future analysis.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review focusing on three axes: temporality, collective identity, and supporting resources.
  • Conceptual analysis of imagination and social movements.
  • Synthesis of recent research findings.

Main Results:

  • Temporality significantly shapes the imagination-social movement nexus.
  • Collective identity formation is intertwined with imaginative processes in social movements.
  • Specific resources are identified as crucial for sustaining both imagination and social movements.

Conclusions:

  • The study highlights the dynamic and reciprocal relationship between imagination and social movements.
  • Further research into the dimensions of imagination can offer new analytical frameworks for understanding social movement trajectories.
  • Understanding imagination's role is key to comprehending social change.