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Kimerer L. LaMothe
Kimerer LaMothe is a dancer, philosopher, and scholar of religion, with a PhD in Theology of the Modern West from Harvard University, who taught at Brown and Harvard before following a dream to a s...view moreKimerer LaMothe is a dancer, philosopher, and scholar of religion, with a PhD in Theology of the Modern West from Harvard University, who taught at Brown and Harvard before following a dream to a small farm in upstate New York. A pioneer in the field of religion and dance, Kimerer is the author of six books, including: Why We Dance: A Philosophy of Bodily Becoming (Columbia University Press, 2015); Nietzsche’s Dancers: Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, and the Revaluation of Christian Values (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011); Between Dancing and Writing: The Practice of Religious Studies (Fordham University Press, 2004); and A History of Theory and Method in the Study of Religion and Dance (Brill Research Perspectives, 2018). She edited a special issue “Dancing on Earth” for the Journal of Dance, Movement, and Spiritualities (2017), and has received fellowships for her work from the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study, the Harvard Center for the Study of World Religions, and the Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council (twice). She regularly lectures, teaches, and consults on the subject of religion and dance, and writes a monthly blog called “What a Body Knows” for Psychology Today.view less
Books by Kimerer L. LaMothe
Earthly Things: Immanence, New Materialisms, and Planetary Thinking