Roots in the Air: A Philosophical Autobiography of a Philosopher, Artist, and Musician

ISBN-13: 9789004364349 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 280 str.

Michael Krausz

Opis

By way of dialogues, Michael Krausz offers philosophical reflections about his life as a philosopher, artist, and musician. After providing biographical accounts of his years of experience in these areas, he rehearses his views about relativism, interpretation, creativity, and self-realization.

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Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Andreea Deciu Ritivoi

Part 1: My Journey
1Early Years: Geneva, New York, Cleveland
2Music and My Jewish Question
3Rutgers, London School of Economics, Indiana, Toronto, and Oxford
4Bryn Mawr, Philadelphia, Oxford Again, and Other Places
5My Epiphany and Art
6My Music Again
7My India
8Transitions and Trajectories

Part 2: Philosophical Reflections
9Relativisms
10Interpretation
11Creativity
12Self-Realization
Postscript

Appendices
Appendix A: Chronology
Appendix B: Select Bibliography of Michael Krausz
Appendix C: For Further Reading
Bibliography
Name Index
Subject Index

O autorze

Michael Krausz is is Research Professor and Milton C. Nahm Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Bryn Mawr College. He is author of Rightness and Reasons; Varieties of Relativism; Limits of Rightness; Interpretation and Transformation; Dialogues on Relativism, Absolutism, and Beyond; and Oneness and the Displacement of Self . He is also a visual artist and orchestra conductor. He has had thirty-six solo exhibitions in the US, UK, and India. He has conducted in the US and Europe.