Rousseau Among the Moderns: Music, Aesthetics, Politics

By Julia Simon

Book Overview

Reevaluates Jean-Jacques Rousseau through the lens of music theory to question his contribution to thinking about music as an aesthetic force in social life. Links Rousseau's understanding of concepts in music to the problem of the individual's relationship to the social order.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271059591
• ISBN13: 9780271059594
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"