Polyrhythmic Arrangements: Rhythm as a Dynamic Principle in the Constitution of Environments

0551373 - FLÚ 2022 RIV PL eng J - Journal Article
Pokorný, Vít
Polyrhythmic Arrangements: Rhythm as a Dynamic Principle in the Constitution of Environments.
Open Philosophy. Roč. 4, č. 1 (2021), s. 394-403. E-ISSN 2543-8875
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GA20-27355S
Institutional support: RVO:67985955
Keywords : rhythm * rhythmanalysis * dynamic patterns * polyrhythmic arrangements * environment
OECD category: Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
Method of publishing: Open access
https://doi.org/10.1515/opphil-2020-0192

This study explores the concept of rhythm and the relation of rhythm to the environment. Rhythm is not conceived of simply as a linear sequence of beats and pauses, but as a formative dynamic principle operating in all living systems. Following the rhythmanalysis of H. Levebvre and C. Regulier, phenomenological analyses of rhythm in Schutz and Richir, and a deleuzian processual approach to rhythm and milieu, this study attempts to address rhythm in terms of polyrhythmic bundles, which may be in states of eurhythmia or arrhythmia. Specifically, the study focuses on three types of polyrhythmic arrangements - individual organism, garden, and city, on which it shows several types of rhythmic formations and rhythmic principles, whose interplay or discrepancy determines the formation of distinct types of living environment.
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