Core Aspects of Dance
Condillac and Mead on Gesture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11210577 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joshua M Hall (0000-0002-5587-3402) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 352-371 |
| Publication date | 2013-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dance Chronicle (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0147-2526 • E-ISSN: 1532-4257 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01472526.2013.834286 |
| OpenAlex | W1997557892 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This essay—part of a larger project of constructing a new, historically informed philosophy of dance, built on four phenomenological constructs that I call “Moves”—concerns the second Move, “gesture,” the etymology of which reveals its close connection to the Greek word “metaphor.” More specifically, I examine the treatments of gesture by the philosophers George Herbert Mead and Etienne Bonnot de Condillac, both of whom view it as the foundation of language. I conclude by showing how gesture can be used in analyzing various types of dance, which in turn suggests transformational potential for philosophy, dance, and society as a whole
Aesthetics · Art · Dance · Epistemology · Etymology · Gesture · Linguistics · Metaphor · Sociology · Transformational leadership · Visual arts · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Philosophy · Physical education and sports games research · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |