Rise of Rhythm Studies

Mark Lussier is Professor of English and Sustainability and Emeritus College Dean at Arizona State University, USA.Richard C. Sha is Professor of Literature and Affiliate Professor of Philosophy at American University, USA.

• Introduction: The Rise of Rhythm StudiesMark Lussier, Arizona State University, USA, and Richard C. Sha, American University, USAPart I. Theoretical Foundations1. Between Feltness and Knowing: Fanon, Brain Waves, and the Epistemology of Rhythm Richard C. Sha, American University, USA2. Rhythm: Inside and Outside the HeadNina Kraus, Northwestern University, USA3. Rhythmic Operations as Boundary ConditionsMark Lussier, Arizona State University, USA4. Textural Rhythm and Textural Sense-MakingSha Xin Wei, Arizona State University, USAPart II. Social Pulsations5. Arrythmia: Capitalism's Destruction of Rhythm and RelationAnna Gibbs, Western Sydney University, Australia6. Rhythm in and of Social Interaction: A Study in Intersubjectivity and PowerChiara Bassetti, University of Trento, Italy7. Routines of Creativity Caroline Levine, Cornell University, USAPart III. Aesthetic Manifestations8. The Measures of Fugitive Time Keith D. Leonard, American University, USA9. Rhythm of the Brushstroke, Rhythm of the Body, and Cosmic Rhythm, through Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Yolaine Escande, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France10. Reading Rhythm as Translation: Bei Dao's "The Answer"Nick Admussen, Cornell University, USA11. Rhythms in Painting (1910-1930)Georges Roque, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, FranceNotes on ContributorsIndex

This highly interesting book promotes rhythm studies as a much-needed discipline of its own. It explains why rhythm is a main determinant in brain research as well as in Taoism, in aesthetic analyses and in the understanding of social phenomena.