After Adorno: Rethinking Music Sociology

ISBN-13: 9780521537247 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 196 str.

Tia DeNora

Opis

Theodor W. Adorno broached key questions about the role of music in contemporary society and argued that it affected consciousness and was a means of social management and control. Asserting that music sociology can be greatly enriched by returning to Adorno's focus on music as a dynamic medium of social life, this book considers cognition, the emotions and music as a management device.

Recenzje

If Adorno paved the way for the disciplines of sociology and musicology to come together, DeNora has brought this interdisciplinary scholarship to a new level of sophistication, showing that the dialogue between musicology and sociology is still a two-way street." - William G. Roy

Spis treści

Preface; Acknowledgements; A note on background reading; 1. Adorno, 'Defended against his devotees'?; 2. New methods and classic concerns; 3. Music as cognition; 4. How does music channel emotion?; 5. Music and 'control'; 6. After Adorno: Rethinking music sociology.