The Philosopher's Touch : : Sartre, Nietzsche, and Barthes at the Piano / / François Noudelmann.

Renowned philosopher and prominent French critic François Noudelmann engages the musicality of Jean-Paul Sartre, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Roland Barthes, all of whom were amateur piano players and acute lovers of the medium. Though piano playing was a crucial art for these thinkers, their musings on...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2012]
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Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
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Physical Description:1 online resource (176 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • 1. Intuition
  • 2. The Off -Beat Piano
  • 3. Why I Am a Great Pianist
  • 4. The Piano Touches Me
  • 5. Resonances
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index