The Value of Popular Music - An Approach from Post-Kantian Aesthetics (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016)

In this book, Alison Stone argues that popular music since rock-'n'-roll is a unified form of music which has positive value. That value is that popular music affirms the importance of materiality and the body, challenging the long-standing Western elevation of the intellect above all things corporeal. Stone also argues that popular music's stress on materiality gives it aesthetic value, drawing on ideas from the post-Kantian tradition in aesthetics by Hegel, Adorno, and others. She shows that popular music gives importance to materiality in its typical structure: in how music of this type handles the relations between matter and form, the relations between sounds and words, and in how it deals with rhythm, meaning, and emotional expression. Extensive use is made of musical examples from a wide range of popular music genres. This book is distinctive in that it defends popular music on philosophical grounds, particularly informed by the continental tradition in philosophy.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	July 2018
First published:	2016
Authors:	Alison Stone
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	294
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-83539-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Music > General
LSN:	3-319-83539-4
Barcode:	9783319835396

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