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Why We Dance : A Philosophy of Bodily Becoming by Kimerer LaMothe (2015, Trade Paperback)
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PublisherColumbia University Press
ISBN-100231171056
ISBN-139780231171052
eBay Product ID (ePID)208721187
Product Key Features
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameWhy We Dance : a Philosophy of Bodily Becoming
SubjectSpirituality, Movements / Deconstruction, Dance / General
Publication Year2015
TypeTextbook
AuthorKimerer Lamothe
Subject AreaReligion, Philosophy, Performing Arts
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight15.5 Oz
Item Length1 in
Item Width0.6 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2014-034072
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsA rare and welcome book. LaMothe offers a view of the world from one who has woven together three experiential bodies of knowledge crucial to gaining insight into the terrible fractures eroding human life. A dancer and a scholar of dance, she is also a mother and a farmer. Her writing has the feel of the kinds of wisdom cultivated in older cultures, through rituals rooted in the ancient patterns of the cosmos. She brings her considerable experience of moving to bear on the basic questions that engage us all: mattering, meaning, connecting, healing, loving, and caring for the earth., LaMothe gracefully reminds us that every part of our life is in motion and that when we dance we are healed, renewed, and made whole by the natural movement of our moving nature. This book brings an extraordinary wake-up call, an energized jolt reminding us that all professions and practices need to give birth to 'movement-oriented ways of knowing.' Why We Dance holds a moving answer that will touch the heart and intellect of all., A brilliant, pioneering work. Readers join a rich, deeply informed, erudite conversation with thinkers in various fields and rewarded with LaMothe's original insights and vision of the profound purpose and promise of dance to transform individuals, communities, and the world we create together with our movements., This is a rare and welcome book. It offers a view of the world from the perspective of one who has woven together within her life three experiential bodies of knowledge that are crucial in gaining some insights into the terrible fractures that are eroding our human life. In addition to being both a dancer and scholar of dance, she is a mother and a farmer. Her writing has the feel of the kinds of wisdom that are cultivated in older cultures, close to the earth and to the weakest among us, and cultivated through rituals rooted in the ancient patterns of the cosmos--a kind of wisdom too often muted in academic texts. She has succeeded in bringing her considerable experience of moving to bear on the basic questions that engage us all: mattering, meaning, connecting, healing, loving, and caring for the earth., A brilliant, pioneering work. Readers join a rich, deeply informed, erudite conversation and are rewarded with LaMothe's original insights and vision of the purpose and promise of dance to transform individuals, communities, and the world we create together., LaMothe's book breaks new ground.... Philosophers interested in writing about dance may find this book as a source of thoughtful provocation., There are two liberating reasons to read this book: because you already want to dance, or because you are waiting to be convinced that you truly want to dance. Kimerer LaMothe gracefully reminds us that every part of our life is in motion and that when we dance we are healed, renewed, and made whole by the natural movement of our moving nature. This book brings an extraordinary wake up call, an energized jolt reminding us that all professions and practices need to give birth to "movement-oriented ways of knowing." Why We Dance holds a moving answer that will touch the heart and intellect of all.
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal793.301
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Why Dance? 1. To Dance Is to Matter 2. To Dance Is to Evolve 3. To Dance Is to Know 4. To Dance Is to Be Born 5. To Dance Is to Connect 6. To Dance Is to Heal 7. To Dance Is to Love Earth Within Notes Bibliography Index
SynopsisWithin 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., Offers a visionary definition of dance that illuminates its constitutive work in the ongoing evolution of human persons., 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.
LC Classification NumberGV1588.3.L36 2015
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