The Dialectics of Music: Adorno, Benjamin, and Deleuze

by Joseph Weiss

Book Overview

Combining the philosophy and musicology of T.W. Adorno, Walter Benjamin, and Gilles Deleuze, alongside an exploration of the dialectical character of music production, Joseph Weiss exposes the unresolved contradictions of contemporary music.

By following the outermost mediations between nature, history, and technology, the book reflects on how advanced music critically responds to the ongoing catastrophe of both the Middle Passage and Auschwitz...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350244074
• ISBN13: 9781350244078
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"