Elective affinities
musical essays on the history of aesthetic theory
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Author
Publication
2008 - Columbia University Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
96,500 words, Guess
Page Count
386 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveelectiveaffiniti0000goeh
- ISBN-139780231144803
- ISBN-100231144806
- Goodreads3352147
- LibraryThing7849921
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- Library of Congress Control Number2008020307
- OCLC Control Number226360234
- Better World Books9780231144803
- Better World BooksP8-CZS-437
- Open LibraryOL16871015M
Classifications
- DDC781.1/7
- LCCML3800 .G5756 2008
- LCCML3800.G5756 2008
Description
"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."--Jacket.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Columbia themes in philosophy, social criticism, and the arts
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