Music, Philosophy and Gender in Nancy, Lacoue-Labarthe, Badiou

by Sarah Hickmott

Book Overview

What counts as music for contemporary thinkers? Why is music of use to philosophers and how do they use it in their work? How do philosophers decide what music is and what assumptions are uncritically inherited in this move? And what is the philosophical relationship between music and gender? To answer these questions, Sarah Hickmott looks at the way music is used, characterised and understood in the work of Jean-Luc Nancy, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474458327
• ISBN13: 9781474458320
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"