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Elective Affinities: Musical Essays on the History of Aesthetic Theory
Lydia Goehr
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Paperback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: AVA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 552.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts
Condition
New
Weight
551g
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231144810
SKU
V9780231144810
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About Lydia Goehr
Lydia Goehr is professor of philosophy at Columbia University and the author of The Imaginary Museum of Musical Works: An Essay in the Philosophy of Music and The Quest for Voice: Music, Politics, and the Limits of Philosophy. With Daniel Herwitz, she is the editor of The Don Giovanni Moment: Essays on the Legacy of an Opera.
Reviews for Elective Affinities: Musical Essays on the History of Aesthetic Theory
Elective Affinities is a great book. Lydia Goehr demonstrates that critical theory is not as dead or philosophically doctrinaire and petrified as many would like to believe. Instead, her study is a brilliant and persuasive intervention arguing for the significance of critical theory today, supplying the evidence that critical theory still plays a crucial role in the project of philosophy
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