Abstract

Resumo:En una aproximación filosófica al trabajo del compositor estadounidense John Cage, se aplican las nociones derrideanas de espectro y fantasma para comprender su concepción del sonido y revelar la condición política de su arte. Esta condición está absolutamente ligada a un deseo de justicia que nace en las raíces de una América devastada por el dominio europeo. Su manifestación, en la obra de Cage, es la intervención y el desarme de la música occidental. De esta manera, el trabajo artístico, según John Cage, está siempre arraigado a un trabajo político cuyo horizonte es la justicia, horizonte que, en efecto, Jacques Derrida ha puesto como condición de todo hacer.

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  • In a philosophical approach to the work of North-American composer John Cage, we use Derridean’s notions of ghost and spectrum for understanding his conception of sound and revealing the political status of his art

  • Artwork for John Cage is always rooted in a political work which horizon is justice

  • A horizon that Jacques Derrida puts as a basic condition for all doing

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In a philosophical approach to the work of North-American composer John Cage, we use Derridean’s notions of ghost and spectrum for understanding his conception of sound and revealing the political status of his art.

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