This article analyzes the contributions of Edgar Morin and Vilém Flusser to the theoretical construct of the relationship between images and the imaginary. To this end, I articulate the ideas of "anthropological adventure" and "imaginary mathematics," discussing, among other things, the aspects of rationality, awareness and autonomy in contemporary societies characterized, in hegemonic terms, by veritable pathological literalness. I defend the idea of disordered conformation of the imaginary as an escape route, both vital and analytical, and criticize the empiricist prerogatives of iconographic analysis, resorting to the underlying union of image and imaginary as a regulator of this consolidation.
image; imaginary; anthropology