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Elective Affinities: Musical Essays on the History of Aesthetic Theory Contributor(s): Goehr, Lydia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0231144814 ISBN-13: 9780231144810 Publisher: Columbia University Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 2011 Click for more in this series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Art |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Music | Instruction & Study - Appreciation - Philosophy | Aesthetics |
Dewey: 781.17 |
Age Level: 22-UP |
Grade Level: 17-UP |
Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Art |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" L (1.20 lbs) 408 pages |
Features: Bibliography |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: As illustrated in Goethe's famous novel of the same name, elective affinities are powerful relationships that crystallize under changing conditions. In this new book, Lydia Goehr focuses on the history of elective affinities between philosophy and music from German classicism, romanticism, and idealism to the modernist aesthetic theory of Theodor W. Adorno and Arthur C. Danto. Aesthetic theory, she argues, depends on a dynamic philosophy of history centered on tendencies, yearnings, needs, and potentialities. With this in mind, she recasts the theses of Adorno and Danto regarding the death or end of philosophy, art, music, and human experience as arguments for continuation and survival. Elective Affinities tracks the migration of aesthetic and critical theory from Germany to the United States following the catastrophic period of the twentieth century marked by the Second World War. |
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