The Flavor of Thinking - Mdwpress by Arno Böhler & Susanne Valerie Granzer Paperback

About the Book

A holistic perspective on strategies, methodologies, and examples of writing and reading by philosopher-artists and artistic researchers who strive toward a genuine crossover between art and philosophy.

Book Synopsis

The relation between art and philosophy is highly precarious. To explore this complex connection, the contributors to this volume have structured their texts around key questions such as: What image of thought emerges when artistic practices are integrated into philosophical research? How does the conceptual personae of philosophers change when they become artist-philosophers? And how do writing and working methods shift when crossing the boundaries between art and philosophy? This approach opens up a holistic perspective on strategies, methodologies, and concrete examples of writing and reading by philosopher-artists and artistic researchers who strive toward a genuine crossover between art and philosophy.

About the Author

Arno Böhler teaches philosophy as a faculty member at the Department of Philosophy at Universität Wien, and he also teaches aesthetics at mdw - Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien. He serves as a principal investigator of the PEEK research project "Philosophy in the Arts: Arts in Philosophy. Cross-Cultural Research on the Significance of the Heart in Artistic Research (AR) and Performance Philosophy (PP)", conducted at ARC-mdw and funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF).

Susanne Valerie Granzer, also known as Susanne Valerie (Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil.), is a professor at the Max Reinhardt Seminar at mdw - Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien. As an actress, she has performed at national state theatres throughout the German-speaking world. Alongside her acting career, she earned a PhD in philosophy from Universität Wien in 1995. Together with the philosopher Arno Böhler, she founded the Viennese art factory GRENZ_film and the international festival "Philosophy on Stage".