The Bloomsbury Handbook of Susanne K. Langer: : Lona Gaikis: Bloomsbury Academic

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Susanne K. Langer

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Once an overlooked figure in 20th-century philosophy, Susanne K. Langer has become a prominent figure among philosophers and artists, particularly because of her development of a new theory of art from symbolic logic.

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Susanne K. Langer unites all major scholars on Langer in one collection and elucidates her transdisciplinary connections and insights across philosophy, psychology, literature, aesthetics, history, architecture and other arts. Adopting two approaches to Langer's life and philosophy, Part I places her historically, documenting her origins and extensions and acknowledging Langer's relationship to rich, ongoing traditions. Part II situates her work in conversation with current scholarship, expanding her ideas to provide new insights into current discussions about affect, materialism, embodied cognition, virtuality and the new media.

By recognizing Langer's influences and contribution to contemporary knowledge, this international team of contributors positions her firmly in mainstream theory and asserts Langer's ongoing importance to intellectual histories. Langer's philosophical achievements, emerging from a web of key movements, make her a visionary of her time. For anyone looking to understand Langer's impact and relevance for postmodern sciences and culture studies, here is the place to start.

PREFACE, Brian Massumi (Université de Montréal, Canada)
INTRODUCTION, Lona Gaikis (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria)

PART I: PLACING LANGER
1. SYMBOLS AND PROCESS: A Theory of Extensive Connection, Randall E. Auxier (Southern Illinois University, USA)
2. EXPANDING WHITEHEAD: Art as the Logical Form of Feeling, Adrienne Dengerink Chaplin (King's College London, UK)
3. RADICAL EMPIRICISM AND PHENOMENOLOGY, Donald Dryden (Duke University, USA)
4. THE SYMBOLIC MIND: Psychological Roots and Cultural Consequences, Robert E. Innis (University of Massachusetts, USA)
5. PHENOMENOLOGY OF FEELING: A Foray into Art, Rolf Lachmann (Independent Scholar, Germany)
6. EXPANDING CASSIRER: Artistic Rituals in the Process of Self-Liberalization, Anne Pollok (University of South Carolina, USA)
7. LANGER AS THUMBELINA: Reading the Archive Diffractively, Iris v. d. Tuin (Utrecht University, the Netherlands)

PART II: GENERATIVE IDEAS
8. NEW MATERIALIST LOGICS: Negation and Cosmetics, Vera Bühlmann (TU Vienna, Austria)
9. MUSIC: The DNA of Feeling, Lona Gaikis (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria)
10. SYMBOLS, Christian Grüny (Max Planck Institute, Germany)
11. VIRTUAL REAL: The Virtual Space of Everyday Aesthetics, Thomas Leddy (San Jose State University, USA)
12. VIRTUAL POWERS: Postcolonial Dance in Hong Kong, Eva Kit Wah Man (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)
13. THE COMPLEXITY ORGANISMIC FEELING: A Media Theory of Mentality, Adam J. Nocek (Arizona State University, USA)
14. THINKING NON/HUMANLY, Eldritch Priest (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
15. VITALITY SEMIOTICS: A New Understanding of the Conditio Humana, Martina Sauer (Independent Researcher, Senior Editor of Art Style, Germany)
16. FROM FAIRYTALE TO KNOWING, Helen Thaventhiran (University of Cambridge, UK)
17. VIRTUAL ACTS: Taking Langer into Performance Art, Christophe Van Eecke (Radboud Nijmegen, the Netherlands)
18. PROTO-BIOSEMIOTICS: The Living in Form, Andreas Weber (Independent Researcher, Germany)

PART III: CONTEMPORARY CONTRIBUTIONS
19. Epilogue, Lona Gaikis (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria)
Annotated Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Index

Product details

Published	12 Jan 2023
Format	Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition	1st
Extent	352
ISBN	9781350294653
Imprint	Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

A brilliant and convincing endeavor showing the broad horizon of Susanne Langer's ideas and thought. This book, dedicated to her unique approach to the logic and the symbolic, will help making new concepts for the arts. A most needed guidance to understanding the human mind in the age of AI.

Elisabeth von Samsonow, Professor for Philosophical Anthropology of Art, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria
This outstanding volume gathers the best contemporary experts from the various fields that Susanne K. Langer tackled in her philosophy – from logics to the aesthetics of sound or dance. Just as Langer herself overcame philosophy's neglect of certain issues, this book will overcome the oblivion of Langer's work.

Robert Pfaller, Professor of Philosophy, University of Art and Industrial Design in Linz, Austria
This rich collection revisits Langer's work from new perspectives as well as attempts new connections and applications of her philosophy to the artistic innovations of the 21st century. The preface and introduction detail essential aspects of the life and academic career of Langer, making the book an indispensable resource for contemporary philosophy and culture.

Verónica Tozzi Thompson, Associate Professor of Philosophy of History, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina