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By way of dialogues, Michael Krausz offers philosophical reflections about his life as a philosopher, artist, and musician. After providing biographical accounts of his years of experience in these areas, he rehearses his views about relativism, interpretation, creativity, and self-realization.

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By way of dialogues, Michael Krausz offers philosophical reflections about his life as philosopher, artist, and musician. He also rehearses his views about relativism, interpretation, creativity, and self-realization. Much of Krausz´s work has been inspired by conversations with thinkers such as Karl Popper, Thomas Kuhn, Isaiah Berlin, the Dalai Lama, and musicians such as Josef Gingold, Frederik Prausnitz, and Luis Biava. While the death of his grandparents in Auschwitz continues to disquiet his consciousness, Krausz´s critiques of versions of Advaitic Hinduism and Tibetan Buddhism led him to a distinctive humanism. This thought-provoking book includes personal and professional accounts about particular philosophers, artists, and musicians. It will edify anyone who, like Krausz, has confronted issues of self-identity and human existence.

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Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
  Introduction
  Andreea Deciu Ritivoi

Part 1: My Journey

  1Early Years: Geneva, New York, Cleveland
  2Music and My Jewish Question
  3Rutgers, London School of Economics, Indiana, Toronto, and Oxford
  4Bryn Mawr, Philadelphia, Oxford Again, and Other Places
  5My Epiphany and Art
  6My Music Again
  7My India
  8Transitions and Trajectories

Part 2: Philosophical Reflections

  9Relativisms
  10Interpretation
  11Creativity
  12Self-Realization
  Postscript

Appendices

  Appendix A: Chronology
  Appendix B: Select Bibliography of Michael Krausz
  Appendix C: For Further Reading
  Bibliography
  Name Index
  Subject Index

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Michael Krausz is is Research Professor and Milton C. Nahm Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Bryn Mawr College. He is author of Rightness and Reasons; Varieties of Relativism; Limits of Rightness; Interpretation and Transformation; Dialogues on Relativism, Absolutism, and Beyond; and Oneness and the Displacement of Self . He is also a visual artist and orchestra conductor. He has had thirty-six solo exhibitions in the US, UK, and India. He has conducted in the US and Europe.

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