This is a book on performing philosophy; a self-fashioning more part of a practical discipline than a theoretical one. Admittedly, academic philosophy is typically regarded as theoretical, providing universal and generic statements. But there is, and always has been, a strand of philosophy more focused on the self of the philosopher as an individual fashioning him- or herself. This is philosophy bordering on art and poetry, philosophy open for exchange. It s personal.

But I wouldn t be much of a philosopher if I accepted personal inclinations without reflecting on their presuppositions. My endeavor is to formulate conditions for ars vivendi, the art of living, and the trick is to formulate them in a non-dogmatic fashion. This is why I find the aestheticist form of philosophy appealing it is the least general version of ars vivendi, that ancient philosophical discipline attributed to Socrates.

Per Nilsson is a Philosopher and Senior Lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts at Umeå University in Sweden. Apart from academic essay writing, he has a long experience of research cooperation with artists from different fields, from visual art and architecture to choreography and performance.

Gerd Aurell (illuminations) is a Visual Artist working mainly with drawing, performance and installation. She works as a Lecturer in Aesthetics at the Academy of Fine Arts at Umeå University in Sweden. She has exhibited widely in Sweden and around the world.

Format Häftad Omfång 171 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag H:ström Text & Kultur Utgivningsdatum 2015-05-29 Medverkande Gerd Aurell ISBN 9789173272155