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Music and Consciousness 2: Worlds, Practices, Modalities

Herbert, Ruth and Clarke, David and Clarke, Eric, eds. (2019) Music and Consciousness 2: Worlds, Practices, Modalities. Oxford University Press, UK ISBN 978-0-19-880435-2. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:63966)

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Abstract

Consciousness has been described as one of the most mysterious things in the universe. Scientists, philosophers, and commentators from a whole range of disciplines can't seem to agree on what it is, generating a sizeable field of contemporary research known as consciousness studies.

Following its forebear Music and Consciousness: Philosophical, Psychological and Cultural Perspectives (OUP, 2011), this volume argues that music can provide a valuable route to understanding consciousness, and also that consciousness opens up new perspectives for the study of music. It argues that consciousness extends beyond the brain, and is fundamentally related to selves engaged in the world, culture, and society.

The book brings together an interdisciplinary line up of authors covering topics as wide ranging as cognitive psychology, neuroscience, psychoanalysis, philosophy and phenomenology, aesthetics, sociology, ethnography, and performance studies and musical styles from classic to rock, trance to Daoism, jazz to tabla, and deep listening to free improvisation. Music and Consciousness 2 will be fascinating reading for those studying or working in the field of musicology, those researching consciousness as well as cultural theorists, psychologists, and philosophers.

Item Type: Edited book
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
M Music and Books on Music
Q Science
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of Arts
Depositing User: Ruth Herbert
Date Deposited: 11 Oct 2017 21:37 UTC
Last Modified: 23 Sep 2021 10:22 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/63966 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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