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The Much-at-Once : Music, Science, Ecstasy, the Body /

In this capstone work of his career, Bruce W. Wilshire builds on William James's concept of the much-at-once to develop a holistic philosophy of the experiencing body, giving special attention to the importance of music, and engaging a rich array of thinkers and composers ranging from Jefferson...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wilshire, Bruce W., 1932- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Edward S. Casey
  • Prologue
  • Part I. Music, ecstasy, the body
  • Music, the body, existence
  • Splitting of sacred from secular?
  • Where are we? Locations and dis-locations
  • Breaking the trance of mentalism
  • Lingering afterword
  • Part II. Music, art, science, genius
  • Fugal strands to be woven
  • The United States : experimental nation
  • Music of science, thought, and the body
  • The mind of music
  • Final benediction : ritual as music.