042--Bebop and Freedom in Play
Episode 42 of the Sound Philosophy podcast, hosted by Chadwick Jenkins, titled "042--Bebop and Freedom in Play" was published on November 1, 2021 and runs 61 minutes.
November 1, 2021 ·61m · Sound Philosophy
Summary
This episode examines the issue of play. What is at stake in play? How do "rules of the game" relate to the freedom of play? The second segment turns to the notion that aesthetic pleasure arises for Immanuel Kant from the "free play" of the Imagination and Understanding that exhibits "lawfulness without a law." I suggest that in both play and this notion of aesthetic judgment the "law" or the "rules" are emergent--they emerge out of the act of playing, they are in play. The last segment looks at bebop as a form of play and confronts the Kantian paradox that some limited civil unfreedom leads to greater artistic and intellectual freedom.
Episode Description
This episode examines the issue of play. What is at stake in play? How do "rules of the game" relate to the freedom of play? The second segment turns to the notion that aesthetic pleasure arises for Immanuel Kant from the "free play" of the Imagination and Understanding that exhibits "lawfulness without a law." I suggest that in both play and this notion of aesthetic judgment the "law" or the "rules" are emergent--they emerge out of the act of playing, they are in play. The last segment looks at bebop as a form of play and confronts the Kantian paradox that some limited civil unfreedom leads to greater artistic and intellectual freedom.
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