Reviews for The image

The average rating for The image based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-07-08 00:00:00 Mary Shafer Just now finished Kenneth Boulding's "The Image". What is obvious is that he is a very erudite man. He knows lots of things about lots of things. He probably comes reasonably close to knowing everything about everything but not quite. I'm not sure he knows how to explain himself. He writes about the image & we all know what images are, or do we? He writes about the image as a base element of scientific - especially social scientific - inquiry but I'm lost as to what he's getting at. Images interact with external information establishing feedback loops & modification of the image. I read image & I think: IMAGE, IMAGINATION, IDEATION but he's saying more than that & I don't know what it is that he is saying. There are some things he says which are clear & some of these things are pointed, witty or hilariously funny but I don't think these things are the main point. One thing I wonder if he knows - knew - because it's a modern finding is that we don't really do things for the reasons we state (ideation); we do things for biochemical/genetic reasons & then use made up verbiage to justify what we've done. I think this would change Boulding's musings.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-05-13 00:00:00 Evan Mitchell This is an old book. The author has written each chapter in an essay style, which makes it difficult to figure breaks in subtopics. This can make it tedious for reading. That said, the information and perspective shared by the author on this topic of how the image affects and originates in different aspects of the world. This would be an essential read for people in the helping profession - viz. teaching, psychology. coaching and counselling.