Philosophical Anthropology and the Human Body: The Contribution of Helmuth Plessner to a Music Education beyond the Dualism

Autor/in	Raptis, Theocharis
Titel	Philosophical Anthropology and the Human Body: The Contribution of Helmuth Plessner to a Music Education beyond the Dualism
Quelle	In: Philosophy of Music Education Review, 27 (2019) 1, S.68-86 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1063-5734
Schlagwörter	Human Body; Music Education; Phenomenology; Educational Philosophy; Anthropology; Acoustics; Psychomotor Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Menschlicher Körper; Musikerziehung; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Anthropologie; Akustik; Psychomotorische Aktivität
Abstract	In this paper I will explore the contribution of philosophical anthropology to music education research which, over recent years, has been showing an increasing interest in the human body. In order to do this I will especially be drawing on the ideas of one of its pioneers, Helmuth Plessner. Plessner's philosophy should be understood as an effort to overcome the Cartesian dualism 'mind/body' and to highlight the unity of a human being and her/his relation to her/his environment. With his central theory of "eccentric positionality," Plessner draws on a human's relation to her/his body because a human is able to acknowledge that "I am body" and "I have body" while at the same time being able to realize her/his own situation and reflect upon it. Plessner grounds his thinking about music on his phenomenological observation about sound. He remarks that sound, which can be at the same time far and near, has voluminosity, impulsivity, an undeviating relation to human expressivity, is organized in vertical and horizontal arrangement, and tends towards sequentially. Because of all this, sound is compliant with a human body. His philosophy and especially his writings about music and sound could be fruitful for music educational theory and praxis. Some crucial aspects of his theory are embodiment in music, the relation between the meaning of music and body movements, the relation between the conduct of music and conduct of a human and the formation of culture as an open process. In this theoretical terrain concrete proposals and more general suggestions for an efficient and successful music education practice can be located. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01