Why We Dance : A Philosophy of Bodily Becoming
Within intellectual paradigms that privilege mind over matter, dance has long appeared as a marginal, derivative, or primitive art. Drawing support from theorists and artists who embrace matter as dynamic and agential, this book offers a visionary definition of dance that illuminates its constitutiv...
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Language: | Anglais |
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New York, NY :
Columbia University Press
[2015].
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| Online Access: | Accès Université Orléans et IFPM |
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Kimerer L. LaMothe is a dancer, philosopher, and scholar of religion who lives in upstate New York. She is the award-winning author of five books, including Nietzsche's Dancers and Between Dancing and Writing: The Practice of Religious Studies Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher s Web site, viewed September 10 2015) La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de : 304 p. Cyberlibris (ScholarVox) Corpus Philosophie |
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| Summary: | Within intellectual paradigms that privilege mind over matter, dance has long appeared as a marginal, derivative, or primitive art. Drawing support from theorists and artists who embrace matter as dynamic and agential, this book offers a visionary definition of dance that illuminates its constitutive work in the ongoing evolution of human persons. Why We Dance introduces a philosophy of bodily becoming that posits bodily movement as the source and telos of human life. Within this philosophy, dance appears as an activity that humans evolved to do as the enabling condition of their best bodily becoming. Weaving theoretical reflection with accounts of lived experience, this book positions dance as a catalyst in the development of human consciousness, compassion, ritual proclivity, and ecological adaptability. Aligning with trends in new materialism, affect theory, and feminist philosophy, as well as advances in dance and religious studies, this work reveals the vital role dance can play in reversing the trajectory of ecological self-destruction along which human civilization is racing |
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| Item Description: | Kimerer L. LaMothe is a dancer, philosopher, and scholar of religion who lives in upstate New York. She is the award-winning author of five books, including Nietzsche's Dancers and Between Dancing and Writing: The Practice of Religious Studies Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher s Web site, viewed September 10 2015) La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de : 304 p. Cyberlibris (ScholarVox) Corpus Philosophie |
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| ISBN: | 9780231538886 |
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