Why Bergson now? - Performance Philosophy2024-03-29T00:05:52Zhttp://performancephilosophy.ning.com/forum/topics/why-bergson-now?groupUrl=bergson-duration-and-performance&commentId=6528949%3AComment%3A7984&groupId=6528949%3AGroup%3A458&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHi Nik, hi all,
My current en…tag:performancephilosophy.ning.com,2012-12-04:6528949:Comment:83302012-12-04T22:26:07.803ZLaura Cullhttp://performancephilosophy.ning.com/profile/2lsakzxzt4lv1
<p>Hi Nik, hi all,</p>
<p>My current engagement with Bergson concerns the notion of an 'education of attention' - a phrase that Bergson uses in <em>The Creative Mind</em> to describe the task of philosophy, although he also points to the way that art can serve a similar function: extending the faculties of perception to include what tends to be excluded by the utilitarian nature of ordinary perception. I'm interested in how this definition of philosophy emphasises philosophy as a practice as…</p>
<p>Hi Nik, hi all,</p>
<p>My current engagement with Bergson concerns the notion of an 'education of attention' - a phrase that Bergson uses in <em>The Creative Mind</em> to describe the task of philosophy, although he also points to the way that art can serve a similar function: extending the faculties of perception to include what tends to be excluded by the utilitarian nature of ordinary perception. I'm interested in how this definition of philosophy emphasises philosophy as a practice as well as allowing us to think of forms of performance as enactments of intuition. But I've also been reading Bergson alongside other accounts of attention - such as Jonathan Crary and more recent stuff on 'attention economy'. </p> I'm also interested in Bergso…tag:performancephilosophy.ning.com,2012-12-03:6528949:Comment:79842012-12-03T03:51:43.169ZTavia Nyong’ohttp://performancephilosophy.ning.com/profile/TaviaNyongo
<p>I'm also interested in Bergson for 'thinking in duration,' as well for his concept of fabulation (for which John's recent article has been helpful in further elucidating). Coming from cultural history and memory studies, rather than philosophy proper, I will further say that Bergson is helpful for thinking past the limits of traditional historical methods, which tend to falter at the point where fact and fiction threaten to converge. Bergson isn't the only philosopher who could be of help in…</p>
<p>I'm also interested in Bergson for 'thinking in duration,' as well for his concept of fabulation (for which John's recent article has been helpful in further elucidating). Coming from cultural history and memory studies, rather than philosophy proper, I will further say that Bergson is helpful for thinking past the limits of traditional historical methods, which tend to falter at the point where fact and fiction threaten to converge. Bergson isn't the only philosopher who could be of help in this respect, but I do find the resurgence of interest in him helpful for those of us thinking about the intersection between aesthetics/fiction/storytelling and memory.</p> You know of my interest alrea…tag:performancephilosophy.ning.com,2012-12-02:6528949:Comment:81352012-12-02T22:24:13.286ZJohn Ó Maoilearcahttp://performancephilosophy.ning.com/profile/JohnMullarkey
<p>You know of my interest already Nik (I'm up for a panel, BTW). For me, apart from his concept of duration being so important to performance, it is the performative aspect of his work that makes it interesting: the metaphysical in Bergson is immanent within the performative expression of his philosophy, especially with regards to its constant renewal of metaphysical terms in order to resist – by movement – any conceptual hypostatisation. This movement is named by him ‘thinking in duration’,…</p>
<p>You know of my interest already Nik (I'm up for a panel, BTW). For me, apart from his concept of duration being so important to performance, it is the performative aspect of his work that makes it interesting: the metaphysical in Bergson is immanent within the performative expression of his philosophy, especially with regards to its constant renewal of metaphysical terms in order to resist – by movement – any conceptual hypostatisation. This movement is named by him ‘thinking in duration’, which is explained as the inevitability that <i>any</i> philosophical terminology – including his own jargon of ‘<i>durée’</i>, ‘multiplicity’ and so on – will lose its force and have to be replaced with a new language if that philosophy is to remain vital....</p>
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