Music, Cosmology, and the Politics of Harmony in Early China (SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture (Hardcover)) (Hardback)(Chinese / English)
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Short Description for Music, Cosmology, and the Politics of Harmony in Early China Explores the religious, political, and cultural significance attributed to music in early China. In early China, conceptions of music became important culturally and politically. This fascinating book examines a wide range of texts and discourse on music during this period (ca. 500100 BCE) in light of the rise of religious, protoscientific beliefs on the intrinsic harmony of the cosmos. By trackin...
Full description- Publisher: State University of New York Press
- Published: 01 September 2012
- Format: Hardback 225 pages
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- Categories: Music Reviews & Criticism | Buddhism | Other Non-Christian Religions
- ISBN 13: 9781438443133 ISBN 10: 1438443137
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Full description for Music, Cosmology, and the Politics of Harmony in Early China
Explores the religious, political, and cultural significance attributed to music in early China. In early China, conceptions of music became important culturally and politically. This fascinating book examines a wide range of texts and discourse on music during this period (ca. 500100 BCE) in light of the rise of religious, protoscientific beliefs on the intrinsic harmony of the cosmos. By tracking how music began to take on cosmic and religious significance, Erica Fox Brindley shows how music was used as a tool for such enterprises as state unification and cultural imperialism. She also outlines how musical discourse accompanied the growth of an explicit psychology of the emotions, served as a fundamental medium for spiritual attunement with the cosmos, and was thought to have utility and potency in medicine. While discussions of music in state ritual or as an aesthetic and cultural practice abound, this book is unique in linking music to religious belief and demonstrating its convergences with key religious, political, and intellectual transformations in early China.
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