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Although philosophers have examined and commented on music for
centuries, Martin Heidegger, one of the greatest philosophers of
the 20th century, had frustratingly little to say about
music-directly, at least. This volume, the first to tackle
Heidegger and music, features contributions from philosophers,
musicians, educators, and musicologists from many countries
throughout the world, aims to utilize Heidegger's philosophy to
shed light on the place of music in different contexts and fields
of practice. Heidegger's thought is applied to a wide range of
musical spheres, including improvisation, classical music,
electronic music, African music, ancient Chinese music, jazz, rock
n' roll, composition, and musical performance. The volume also
features a wide range of philosophical insights on the essence of
music, music's place in society, and the promise of music's ability
to open up new ways of understanding the world with the onset of
the technological and digital musical age. Heidegger and Music
breaks new philosophical ground by showcasing creative vignettes
that not only push Heidegger's concepts in new directions, but also
get us to question the meaning of music in various contexts.
In the past few decades, it has become clear that the Western
world's relation to nature has led to environmental degradation so
wide-ranging that it threatens the existence of human civilizations
as we have come to know them. The onset of anthropogenic climate
change and the increasing threats of resource depletions are the
most obvious signs of an environmental crisis. This book attempts
to examine the metaphysical underpinnings of our current
environmental crisis, thereby viewing it from a philosophical
perspective. Using Martin Heidegger's writings on the history of
being as its lynchpin, it examines how humans have come to view
nature as a giant array of mere resources to be maximally
exploited. Following Heidegger, Casey Rentmeester argues that this
understanding of nature is rooted in the understanding of what it
means to be that came about in ancient Greece. Rentmeester then
utilizes elements of Heidegger's post-metaphysical later philosophy
and aspects of early philosophical Daoism to create an alternative
way to think about the relation between humans and nature that is
environmentally sustainable.
In the past few decades, it has become clear that the Western
world's relation to nature has led to environmental degradation so
wide-ranging that it threatens the existence of human civilizations
as we have come to know them. The onset of anthropogenic climate
change and the increasing threats of resource depletions are the
most obvious signs of an environmental crisis. This book attempts
to examine the metaphysical underpinnings of our current
environmental crisis, thereby viewing it from a philosophical
perspective. Using Martin Heidegger's writings on the history of
being as its lynchpin, it examines how humans have come to view
nature as a giant array of mere resources to be maximally
exploited. Following Heidegger, Casey Rentmeester argues that this
understanding of nature is rooted in the understanding of what it
means to be that came about in ancient Greece. Rentmeester then
utilizes elements of Heidegger's post-metaphysical later philosophy
and aspects of early philosophical Daoism to create an alternative
way to think about the relation between humans and nature that is
environmentally sustainable.
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