Ebook: David Bowie and philosophy: rebel, rebel
Author: Ammon Theodore G., Bowie David
- Tags: Rock musicians, Rock musicians--England, Biographies, Bowie David, Rock musicians -- England -- Biography, England
- Series: Popular culture and philosophy Volume 103
- Year: 2016
- Publisher: Open Court
- City: England
- Language: English
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Among the topics explored in David Bowie and Philosophy are the nature of Bowie as an institution; Bowie's work in many platforms, including movies and TV; Bowie's spanning of low and high art, and his relation to Warhol; the influence of Buddhism and Kabuki theater; the recurring theme of Bowie as a space alien, including Space Oddity" and The Man Who Fell to Earth; the dystopian element in Bowie's thinking, displayed in 1984" and the album Outside; the role of fashion in Bowie's creativity; personal identity as preserved over various divergent personae; the aesthetics of theatrical rock and glam rock; Bowie's public identification with bisexuality and his influence within the LGBTQ community.
Pervasive themes in Bowie's output include change, time, apocalypse, dancing, mind-body dualism, and spirituality. In the dualistic universe that undergirds his lyrics, body consistently wins over mind, but body is nevertheless on the hook of moral...