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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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"A unique way of being"

the place of music in Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology of perception

Marc Duby

pp. 111-131

Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to examine Merleau-Ponty's references to music in his classic text Phenomenology of Perception. This procedure reveals four major themes related to music, namely notions of motor space and tacit knowledge, the unity of music and sound, music and the tradition, and intersubjectivity and contestation. Recent work in neuroscience seems to bear out the relevance of Merleau-Ponty's thinking to musicking as a fundamentally embodied process, what he terms "a unique way of being.'

Publication details

Published in:

Grant Stuart, McNeilly-Renaudie Jodie, Wagner Matthew (2019) Performance phenomenology: to the thing itself. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 111-131

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-98059-1_6

Full citation:

Duby Marc (2019) „"A unique way of being": the place of music in Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology of perception“, In: S. Grant, J. Mcneilly-Renaudie & M. Wagner (eds.), Performance phenomenology, Dordrecht, Springer, 111–131.