John Cage and Buddhist Ecopoetics: John Cage and the Performance of Nature (New Directions in Religion and Literature)

"John Cage was among the first wave of post-war American artists and intellectuals to be influenced by Zen Buddhism and it was an influence that led him to become profoundly engaged with our current ecological crisis. In John Cage and Buddhist Ecopoetics, Peter Jaeger asks: what did Buddhism mean to Cage? And how did his understanding of Buddhist philosophy impact on his representation of nature? Following Cage's own creative innovations in the poem-essay form and his use of the ancient Chinese text, the I Ching to shape his music and writing, this book outlines a new critical language that reconfigures writing and silence. Interrogating Cage's 'green-Zen' in the light of contemporary psychoanalysis and cultural critique as well as his own later turn towards anarchist politics, John Cage and Buddhist Ecopoetics provides readers with a critically performative site for the Zen-inspired "nothing" which resides at the heart of Cage's poetics, and which so clearly intersects with his ecological writing."--Bloomsbury Publishing John Cage was among the first wave of post-war American artists and intellectuals to be influenced by Zen Buddhism and it was an influence that led him to become profoundly engaged with our current ecological crisis. In John Cage and Buddhist Ecopoetics, Peter Jaeger asks: what did Buddhism mean to Cage? And how did his understanding of Buddhist philosophy impact on his representation of nature? Following Cage’s own creative innovations in the poem-essay form and his use of the ancient Chinese text, the I Ching to shape his music and writing, this book outlines a new critical language that reconfigures writing and silence.0Interrogating Cage’s ‘green-Zen’ in the light of contemporary psychoanalysis and cultural critique as well as his own later turn towards anarchist politics, John Cage and Buddhist Ecopoetics provides readers with a critically performative site for the Zen-inspired “nothing” which resides at the heart of Cage’s poetics, and which so clearly intersects with his ecological writing John Cage was among the first wave of post-war American artists and intellectuals to be influenced by Zen Buddhism and it was an influence that led him to become profoundly engaged with our current ecological crisis. In __John Cage and Buddhist Ecopoetics__, Peter Jaeger asks: what did Buddhism mean to Cage? And how did his understanding of Buddhist philosophy impact on his representation of nature? Following Cage's own creative innovations in the poem-essay form and his use of the ancient Chinese text, the __I Ching__ to shape his music and writing, this book outlines a new critical language that reconfigures writing and silence. Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Contents 8 Acknowledgements 9 Introduction 12 The imitation of nature in her manner of operation 18 Not just self- but social realization 126 Endnotes 178 The imitation of nature in her manner of operation 178 Not just self- but social realization 182 Works cite 184 Index 194 Machine Generated Contents Note: The Imitation Of Nature In Her Manner Of Operation -- Not Just Self -- But Social Realization. Peter Jaeger. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 173-182) And Index. Content: Machine generated contents note: The Imitation Of Nature In Her Manner Of Operation -- Not Just Self -- But Social Realization.