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The Extravagance of Music (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
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The Extravagance of Music (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
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This book explores the ways in which music can engender religious
experience, by virtue of its ability to evoke the ineffable and
affect how the world is open to us. Arguing against approaches that
limit the religious significance of music to an illustrative
function, The Extravagance of Music sets out a more expansive and
optimistic vision, which suggests that there is an 'excess' or
'extravagance' in both music and the divine that can open up
revelatory and transformative possibilities. In Part I, David Brown
argues that even in the absence of words, classical instrumental
music can disclose something of the divine nature that allows us to
speak of an experience analogous to contemplative prayer. In Part
II, Gavin Hopps contends that, far from being a wasteland of
mind-closing triviality, popular music frequently aspires to elicit
the imaginative engagement of the listener and is capable of
evoking intimations of transcendence. Filled with fresh and
accessible discussions of diverse examples and forms of music, this
ground-breaking book affirms the disclosive and affective
capacities of music, and shows how it can help to awaken, vivify,
and sustain a sense of the divine in everyday life.
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