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

The Much-at-Once : : Music, Science, Ecstasy, the Body / / Bruce W. Wilshire.

In this capstone work, the late Bruce Wilshire seeks to rediscover the fullness of life in the world by way of a more complete activation of the body's potentials. Appealing to our powers of hearing and feeling, with a special emphasis on music, he engages a rich array of composers, writers, an...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
VerfasserIn:
Wilshire, Bruce W.,
TeilnehmendeR:
Casey, Edward S.
MitwirkendeR:
Casey, Edward S.,
Wilshire, Gil,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2016]
©2017
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:American Philosophy
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Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Prologue
  • Part One. Music, Ecstasy, the Body
  • Segment One. Music, the Body, Existence
  • Segment Two. Splitting of Sacred from Secular?
  • Segment Three. Where Are We? Locations and Dis- locations
  • Segment Four. Breaking the Trance of Mentalism
  • Lingering Afterword
  • Part Two. Music, Art, Science, Genius
  • Segment Five. Fugal Strands to Be Woven
  • Segment Six. The United States: Experimental Nation
  • Segment Seven. Music of Science, Thought, and the Body
  • Segment Eight. The Mind of Music
  • Final Benediction: Ritual as Music
  • Appendixes
  • Appendix A. More on Fugue, Mind, and the Self
  • Appendix B. Can Brain Science Tell Us Who We Are?
  • Appendix C. The Body- Schema and Dimensions of Empathy
  • Afterword
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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