| Music, Philosophy, and Modernity Contributor(s): Bowie, Andrew (Author), Andrew, Bowie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521107822 ISBN-13: 9780521107822 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $56.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2009 Annotation: Andrew Bowie uses music to question many current ideas about language, meaning and philosophy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern - Music | History & Criticism - General |
| Dewey: 780.01 |
| Series: Modern European Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 6" W x 9" (1.43 lbs) 444 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Modern philosophers generally assume that music is a problem to which philosophy ought to offer an answer. Andrew Bowie's Music, Philosophy, and Modernity suggests, in contrast, that music might offer ways of responding to some central questions in modern philosophy. Bowie looks at key philosophical approaches to music ranging from Kant, through the German Romantics and Wagner, to Wittgenstein, Heidegger and Adorno. He uses music to re-examine many ideas about language, subjectivity, metaphysics, truth and ethics, and he suggests that music can show how the predominant images of language, communication, and meaning in contemporary philosophy may be lacking in essential ways. His book will be of interest to philosophers, musicologists, and all who are interested in the relation between music and philosophy. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bowie, Andrew: - Andrew Bowie is Professor of Philosophy and German at Royal Holloway, University of London. His many publications include Schleiermacher: Hermeneutics and Criticism and Other Writings (1998). |
