Noise: The Political Economy of Music (Theory and History of Literature, Vol 16)

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 179 pages
• Published by: University of Minnesota Press June 1985
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0816612870
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0816612871
• Book Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Weighs: 10.4 ounces

Language Notes
Text: English, French (translation) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Reader Reviews
Sometimes lazy people like to use phrases like "literary{wind} " to justify their inability to understand difficult topics, or to cover for their own, lacking, vocabularies. The foregoing review did just that. The fact is, sometimes precise thought demands precise language. Anyway, this book provides valuable insight into the relationship of fringe art/music, and the future of society. Attali postulates that society is founded upon the idea that bad noise must be subverted. Therefore, all forces effecting social change, at some time, have been subverted. Given time though, they find their way into society by way of, here, music, and begin to cause change. This is a very interesting and well conceived book. A great read for philosophy student and musician alike. It puts a new spin on the effect of music on culture, and the reciprocal relationship between art and society. Good stuff. In closing, and in response to the previous reviewer, "college isn't taken as seriously as it once was" simply because the hallowed halls are clogged with students who readily dismiss works of sound thought because they don't like having to look up words or work for their own enlightenment.ENDs Comment | Permalink | (Report this)