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Music, Philosophy, and Modernity
Hardback
Main Details
Title |
Music, Philosophy, and Modernity
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Andrew Bowie
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Series | Modern European Philosophy |
Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:444 | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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Category/Genre | Music Theory of music and musicology Philosophy |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780521877343
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Classifications | Dewey:780.1 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
13 September 2007 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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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.
Author Biography
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).
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