Music and the Myth of Wholeness: Toward a New Aesthetic Paradigm (MIT Press)
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (884 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0262034069 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 280 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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But this is not our reproduction of the composer's own subjectivation; when we perform our listening of the music, we are sharing the formative risks taken by its maker. Drawing on his experiences as a musician, composer, and anthropologist, Hodgkinson shows how when we listen to music a new subjectivity comes to life in ourselves. His analysis discards the conventional idea of the human being as an integrated whole in favor of a rich and complex field in which incompatible kinds of information -- biological and cultural -- collide. In this book, Tim Hodgkinson proposes a theory of aesthetics and music grounded in the boundary between nature and culture within the human being. To examine this in practice, Hod
Whether or not one agrees with all of his premises, it is difficult to imagine anyone better equipped to undertake this ambitious task. (Gerard J. Puccio, Chair and Professor, International Center for Studies in Creativity, The State University College at Buffalo)Arguing for a disentanglement between biological organism and cultural backdrop in how we understand and derive meaning in art, Tim Hodgkinson turns some of our most cherished aesthetic convictions on their head. A truly mind-expanding read. An important and impressive contribution. A boundary-spanning exploration of music that culminates in a profound glimpse into a unique human quality -- the imaginative and aesthetic experience -- with the added pleasure of traveling through Hodgkinson's own creative process, which stands as an exemplar of Janusian thinking. (Ed Sarat
Five Stars Timothy Mcdonough Outstanding and thought provoking!!!
In 1968, he cofounded (with Fred Frith) the politically and musically radical group Henry Cow. His compositions have been performed at concerts and festivals around the world. . Tim Hodgkinson is a composer, musician, and writer