Ebook: Rhythm and self-consciousness: New ideals for an electronic civilization

This book shows how, as civilization has moved from print to electronic culture, its ideals have changed from the classic “truth, beauty, and good” to an elusive element called rhythm; and how self-consciousness, enemy of rhythm, underlies the complexity of modern life.
Can there be a philosophy of rhythm? The author of this book thinks so. Rhythm is the spark of human personality — some would say, “talent” — in the performance of beautiful music, an athlete’s winning effort, or conversations sparking with wit. Selfconsciousness, running counter to it, is a person’s concentration on his own motions; it is thought thought of. Yet, so much of the devious, complicated world in which we live depends on that kind of thinking.