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| Original Title: | Bruits : Essai sur l'économie politique de la musique |
| ISBN: | 0816612870 (ISBN13: 9780816612871) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Jacques Attali
Paperback | Pages: 196 pages Rating: 4.1 | 761 Users | 44 Reviews
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| Title | : | Noise: The Political Economy of Music |
| Author | : | Jacques Attali |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | (Theory and History of Literature, Vol 16) |
| Pages | : | Pages: 196 pages |
| Published | : | June 30th 1985 by Univ Of Minnesota Press (first published February 24th 1977) |
| Categories | : | Music. Philosophy. Nonfiction. History. Sociology. Politics |
Description To Books Noise: The Political Economy of Music
“Noise is a model of cultural historiography. . . . In its general theoretical argument on the relations of culture to economy, but also in its specialized concentration, Noise has much that is of importance to critical theory today.” SubStance“For Attali, music is not simply a reflection of culture, but a harbinger of change, an anticipatory abstraction of the shape of things to come. The book’s title refers specifically to the reception of musics that sonically rival normative social orders. Noise is Attali’s metaphor for a broad, historical vanguardism, for the radical soundscapes of the western continuum that express structurally the course of social development.” EthnomusicologyJacques Attali is the author of numerous books, including Millennium: Winners and Losers in the Coming World Order and Labyrinth in Culture and Society.Rating Of Books Noise: The Political Economy of Music
Ratings: 4.1 From 761 Users | 44 ReviewsWrite Up Of Books Noise: The Political Economy of Music
An economist writes about music history, and how the art form is predictive of socio-economic movements throughout human history. Doesn't sound as interesting as it really is. He doesn't know everything about music and he's not 100% successful but his notion of composition, derived mostly from free jazz, provides the framework for a truly positive path for a creative life and society. It's too bad it was written in '78. It would be really nice to see what Attali would have to say about theThis is one of the three books that have changed the way I listen to the world. Attali posits that music is a leading indicator not of the health of the political economy, but the very structure of it. And as a bonus, it's not nearly as obtuse as most contemporary French philosophy.
This book will change the way you think about music, unless you've already read books similar to this one (Adorno, Bataille, Dolar, or Goodman). Thinking about music as a product of labour is important and challenging. Attali provides a very interesting analysis of music as violence related to sacrifice. What is weak in this book is the connection to technology in musical production and reproduction. Even worse, perhaps, is that any discussion of leisure time vs. productive time, fixed capital,
I love this book. I have used it to enhance my reading of many texts, both fiction and non-fiction. Highly recommend.
a kind of insane speculation mixed with improbable rigour. self-fulfilling prophecy?
Bloody arduous.
A really good economic twist on music history
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