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Metaphysics and Music in Adorno and Heidegger explains how two notoriously opposed German philosophers share a rethinking of the possibility of metaphysics via notions of music and waiting. This is connected to the historical materialist project of social change by way of the radical Italian composer Luigi Nono.

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Author:   Wesley Phillips
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2015
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   3.894kg
ISBN:  

9781137487247

ISBN 10:   1137487240
Pages:   215
Publication Date:   10 August 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Melancholy Science as Dissonant System 2. Twisting Free With/Of Wagner 3. The Dialectical Image of Music 4. Invincible in the Wasteland? Music, Space and Utopia 5. The Expression of Waiting in Vain Notes Index of Names Bibliography

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Wesley Phillips is an independent researcher and teacher based in London. He has written about German idealism, the Frankfurt School, phenomenology and aesthetics, and has had recent articles published in Telos, The European Journal of Social Theory, Critical Horizons, Cosmos and History and twentieth-century music.

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