Author Bio

Stan Spector is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. He has written on the Grateful Dead phenomenon(a) in light of philosophers such as Nietzsche, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Buber and others. A frequent presenter to the Grateful Dead Scholar’s Caucus, he has published his work on the Grateful Dead phenomenon(a) in All Graceful Instruments: The Contexts of the Grateful Dead Phenomenon (Cambridge Scholars, 2007) and Countercultures and Popular Music (Ashgate, 2014). HIs co-edited volume, The Grateful Dead in Concert: Essays on Live Improvisation, was published by McFarland in 2010. His current research focuses on the interface between the Grateful Dead phenomenon(a), specifically dancing at shows, and the body, specifically in terms of Merleau-Ponty’s analysis of perception.

Recommended Citation

APA

Spector, S. J. (2022). Teaching the Grateful Dead with Nietzsche’s Birth of Tragedy. Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy,, 9(1 & 2) http://journaldialogue.org/issues/v9-issue-1-and-2/teaching-the-grateful-dead-with-nietzsches-birth-of-tragedy/

MLA

Spector, Stanley J. “Teaching the Grateful Dead with Nietzsche’s Birth of Tragedy.” Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy, vol. 9, no. 1 & 2, 2022. http://journaldialogue.org/issues/v9-issue-1-and-2/teaching-the-grateful-dead-with-nietzsches-birth-of-tragedy/