21%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
The Music between Us: Is Music a Universal Language?
Kathleen Marie Higgins
€ 33.99
€ 26.97
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for The Music between Us: Is Music a Universal Language?
Paperback. Music plays an important role in our lives, bringing us closer to one another. The author investigates this role, examining the features of human perception that enable music's uncanny ability to provoke, despite its myriad forms across continents and throughout centuries, the sense of a shared human experience. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
From our first social bonding as infants to the funeral rites that mark our passing, music plays an important role in our lives, bringing us closer to one another. In The Music between Us, philosopher Kathleen Marie Higgins investigates this role, examining the features of human perception that enable music's uncanny ability to provoke, despite its myriad forms across continents and throughout centuries, the sense of a shared human experience. Drawing on disciplines such as philosophy, psychology, musicology, linguistics, and anthropology, Higgins' richly researched study showcases the ways music is used in rituals, education, work, healing, and as a source ... Read more
From our first social bonding as infants to the funeral rites that mark our passing, music plays an important role in our lives, bringing us closer to one another. In The Music between Us, philosopher Kathleen Marie Higgins investigates this role, examining the features of human perception that enable music's uncanny ability to provoke, despite its myriad forms across continents and throughout centuries, the sense of a shared human experience. Drawing on disciplines such as philosophy, psychology, musicology, linguistics, and anthropology, Higgins' richly researched study showcases the ways music is used in rituals, education, work, healing, and as a source ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
458g
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226142852
SKU
V9780226142852
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Kathleen Marie Higgins
Kathleen Marie Higgins is professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of The Music of Our Lives and Nietzsche's "Zarathustra."
Reviews for The Music between Us: Is Music a Universal Language?
"Higgins has written a wonderfully comprehensive book about nothing less than to what extent music is a universal phenomenon.... The author contends that though there appears to be dramatic variation across cultures, music universally reflects humans' common ways of behaving-for instance, in connection with longing and mourning-and serves to physically instruct one on how to comport oneself in society.... A ... Read more