Non serviam : philosophical essays on arts of living
Häftad bok. H:ström Text & Kultur. 1 uppl. 171 sidor.
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Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 9789173272155
- Titel
- Non serviam : philosophical essays on arts of living
- Författare
- Nilsson, Per
- Förlag
- H:ström Text & Kultur
- Utgivningsår
- 2015
- Omfång
- 171 sidor
- Bandtyp
- Häftad
- Mått
- 147 x 241 mm Ryggbredd 12 mm
- Vikt
- 320 g
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- This is a book on performing philosophy; a self-fashioning more part of a practical discipline than a theoretical one. Admittedly, academic philosophy is typically regarded as theoretical, providing universal and generic statements. But there is, and always has been, a strand of philosophy more focused on the self of the philosopher as an individual fashioning him- or herself. This is philosophy bordering on art and poetry, philosophy open for exchange. It s personal. But I wouldn t be much of a philosopher if I accepted personal inclinations without reflecting on their presuppositions. My endeavor is to formulate conditions for ars vivendi, the art of living, and the trick is to formulate them in a non-dogmatic fashion. This is why I find the aestheticist form of philosophy appealing it is the least general version of ars vivendi, that ancient philosophical discipline attributed to Socrates. Per Nilsson is a Philosopher and Senior Lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts at Umeå University in Sweden. Apart from academic essay writing, he has a long experience of research cooperation with artists from different fields, from visual art and architecture to choreography and performance. Gerd Aurell (illuminations) is a Visual Artist working mainly with drawing, performance and installation. She works as a Lecturer in Aesthetics at the Academy of Fine Arts at Umeå University in Sweden. She has exhibited widely in Sweden and around the world.