A Wandering Dance Through the Philosophy of Graham Parkes: Comparative Perspectives on Art and Nature
David Jones, "A Wandering Dance Through the Philosophy of Graham Parkes: Comparative Perspectives on Art and Nature"
English | ISBN: 1350291307 | 2024 | 280 pages | EPUB | 15 MB
English | ISBN: 1350291307 | 2024 | 280 pages | EPUB | 15 MB
Inspired by the philosopher Graham Parkes, this collection provides a distinctive study of aesthetics and the climate crisis. Engaging with continental European and East Asian traditions, it challenges our definition of self in the West and asks us to re-evaluate our conventional perspectives.
Expert authors present a timely reflection on contemporary issues, explicating the relationship between the human species and the natural world through its connection to the arts, dance and music. Showcasing Parkes's cross-cultural views on Japanese rock gardens, Buddhism, Daoist dance and musical ecology, while drawing on the philosophies of Nietzsche, Heidegger and the Zhuangzi, they demonstrate a diversity of comparative perspectives ranging from the structure of consciousness to discourses of climate change.
Through a valuable and systematic treatment of the thought of Parkes,
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