The Philosophy of ImprovisationUniversity of Chicago Press, 1. 8. 2009 - 200 strán (strany) Improvisation is usually either lionized as an ecstatic experience of being in the moment or disparaged as the thoughtless recycling of clichés. Eschewing both of these orthodoxies, The Philosophy of Improvisation ranges across the arts—from music to theater, dance to comedy—and considers the improvised dimension of philosophy itself in order to elaborate an innovative concept of improvisation. Gary Peters turns to many of the major thinkers within continental philosophy—including Heidegger, Nietzsche, Adorno, Kant, Benjamin, and Deleuze—offering readings of their reflections on improvisation and exploring improvisational elements within their thinking. Peters’s wry, humorous style offers an antidote to the frequently overheated celebration of freedom and community that characterizes most writing on the subject. Expanding the field of what counts as improvisation, The Philosophy of Improvisation will be welcomed by anyone striving to comprehend the creative process. |
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... improvisation a number of key assumptions evident in much of the literature are brought forward for reassessment. Chief among these is the (universally celebrated) role of dialogue and empathy within improvisatory practice, both of ...
... improvisatory exigency is no longer to outstrip the dead weight of what is ... improvisation is that instead of “ being in the moment ” the creative act is here ... practice stretched across time . The underlying problem here for the ...
... practice of impro- visors, then certainly their apparent self-understanding of such practice as witnessed in the majority of the discourses that have emerged thus far. But, to reiterate, this is not intended as a critique of other views ...
... practice are here in evidence, principles that do not always sit comfort- ably with the blithe voluntarism so often on display in the discourses spun around fully fledged improvisatory art. The Demands of the Work To begin with ...
... practice and , thus , to the predicament of the artist in his or her struggle with the work : to its demand . The demands made upon the subject by the material are con- ditioned much more by the fact that the “ material ” is itself the ...
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2 Freedom Origination and Irony | 21 |
3 Mimesis and Cruelty | 75 |
4 Improvisation Origination and Renovation | 117 |
Improvising Thinking Writing | 145 |
Notes | 171 |
Bibliography | 181 |
Index | 187 |