Music, Philosophy, and Modernity

Andrew Bowie

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511487569

Modern philosophers generally assume that music is a problem to which philosophy ought to offer an answer. Andrew Bowie's Music, Philosophy, and Modernity suggests, in contrast, that music might offer ways of responding to some central questions in modern philosophy. Bowie looks at key philosophical approaches to music ranging from Kant, through the German Romantics and Wagner, to Wittgenstein, Heidegger and Adorno. He uses music to re-examine many ideas about language, subjectivity, metaphysics, truth and ethics, and he suggests that music can show how the predominant images of language, communication, and meaning in contemporary philosophy may be lacking in essential ways. His book will be of interest to philosophers, musicologists, and all who are interested in the relation between music and philosophy.

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1 - Form, feeling, metaphysics, and music
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2 - Music, language, and the origins of modernity
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3 - Rhythm and Romanticism
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4 - Hegel, philosophy and music
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5 - Music and the subjects of Romanticism
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6 - Music, freedom, and the critique of metaphysics
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7 - Pro and contra Wagner
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8 - Music, language, and being: Wittgenstein and Heidegger
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9 - Adorno: musical philosophy or philosophical music?
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Conclusion
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Frontmatter
pp i-viii

Contents
pp ix-x

Preface
pp xi-xiv

Introduction
pp 1-14

1 - Form, feeling, metaphysics, and music
pp 15-45

2 - Music, language, and the origins of modernity
pp 46-78

3 - Rhythm and Romanticism
pp 79-104

4 - Hegel, philosophy and music
pp 105-137

5 - Music and the subjects of Romanticism
pp 138-165

6 - Music, freedom, and the critique of metaphysics
pp 166-209

7 - Pro and contra Wagner
pp 210-260

8 - Music, language, and being: Wittgenstein and Heidegger
pp 261-308

9 - Adorno: musical philosophy or philosophical music?
pp 309-375

Conclusion
pp 376-417

References
pp 418-425

Index
pp 426-428

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