Overview

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, A Wandering Dance through the Philosophy of Graham Parkes makes the case that a restoration of the intimate relation of self and nature is indispensable in understanding our place in the order of things and achieving balance in the world.

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Author:   David Jones (Professor of Philosophy, Department of History and Philosophy, Kennesaw State University, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.80cm
Weight:   0.560kg
ISBN:  

9781350291300

ISBN 10:   1350291307
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   22 August 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Once Upon a Signature Event, David Jones (University of Hawai'i at Hilo, USA) Part I. The First Dance 1. The Wandering Dance: Zhuangzi and Zarathustra, Graham Parkes (University of Vienna, Austria) Part II. The Aesthetic Dance 2. Graham Parkes, Musical Ecologies, and the Daoist Dance, Roger T. Ames (Peking University, China) 3. On the Chariot of Earth, Meilin Chinn (Santa Clara University, USA) 4. The Role of Aesthetics in Nietzsche’s Philosophy and Japanese Culture, Yuriko Saito (Rhode Island School of Design, USA) 5. Heidegger’s Evasion of Music, Kathleen Higgins (University of Texas, Austin, USA) 6. Improvising with Soul: Philosophizing in an Interpretative Key, Peter D. Hershock (East-West Center, USA) 7. Image Thinking: Cinematographic Flâneurs and Twenty-First Century Philosophy, Andrew K. Whitehead (KU Leuven, Belgium) Part III. The Practice of Dance 8. Rubble and the Philosopher’s Stone: The Practice of Philosophy and the Philosophy of Practice, Jason M. Wirth (Seattle University, USA) 9. Philosophy as Petromania: Graham Parkes, Jane Bennett, and the (Not So) New Materialisms, Leah Kalmanson (University of North Texas, USA) 10. A Mind Possessed: The Rhythmic Body and Entraining the Social Mind, Bradley Douglas Park (St. Mary’s College, USA) Part IV. Saving the Last Dance 11. Staying True to the Earth in Zarathustra, Zhuangzi, and Zen, Timothy J. Freeman (University of Hawai'i at Hilo, USA) 12. Down and Upbeats in the Meters of Nietzsche, Zhuangzi, and Parkes, David Jones (University of Hawai'i at Hilo, USA) Part V. Keeping on Dancing 13. Gratitude of a Wondering Wanderer, Graham Parkes (University of Vienna, Austria) Notes on Contributors Index

Reviews

In a time of climate chaos, this book is much needed. We need to approach the climate crisis through art and philosophy and bring “east and west” into conversation. A Wandering Dance Through the Philosophy of Graham Parkes provides this through astonishing scholarship. * Gerard Kuperus, Professor in Philosophy, University of San Francisco, USA and Researcher Integral Ecology in the Dutch Context, Radboud University, The Netherlands *

Author Information

David Jones is Professor of Philosophy at Kennesaw State University and Affiliate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hawai‘i Hilo, USA. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of Comparative and Continental Philosophy.

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