Abstract

This text has already been published on June 13, 2017 on Lexi Eikelboom's Rhythmic Theology Project. We thank her for the permission to republish it. One of the foundational claims of my research is that, as with many phenomena, the way in which one approaches rhythm will impact how one thinks about it. Pascal Michon, probably the most explicit philosopher of rhythm, thinks about this in terms of the two different definitions of rhythm identified by linguist Benveniste in 1966. Benveniste - Sur le concept de rythme – Nouvel article