The Extravagance of Music

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Brown, David (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Hopps, Gavin (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Religion-Philosophy.; Music-Philosophy and aesthetics.; Music.; Philosophy of Religion.; Philosophy of Music.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction: an art open to the divine
• 2. A generous excess
• 3. Types of extravagance
• 4. Discovering god in music's excess
• 5. Cultured despisers
• 6. Spilt religion
• 7. Conclusion.