{"product_id":"the-origins-of-music-theory-in-the-age-of-plato-9781350194441","title":"The Origins of Music Theory in the Age of Plato","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eListening is a social process. Even apparently trivial acts of listening are expert performances of acquired cognitive and bodily habits. Contemporary scholars acknowledge this fact with the notion that there are auditory cultures. In the fourth century BCE, Greek philosophers recognized a similar phenomenon in music, which they treated as a privileged site for the cultural manufacture of sensory capabilities, and proof that in a traditional culture perception could be ordered, regular, and reliable. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis approachable and elegantly written book tells the story of how music became a vital topic for understanding the senses and their role in the creation of knowledge. Focussing in particular on discussions of music and sensation in Plato and Aristoxenus, Sean Gurd explores a crucial early chapter in the history of hearing and gently raises critical questions about how aesthetic traditionalism and sensory certainty can be joined together in a mutually reinforcing symbiosis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImpressive and wide-ranging. * The Classical Review *\u003cbr\u003e[R]ewarding for many different types of readers ...  [T]his book will take its place alongside others as a work exploring in what new directions this field may now go. * The Classical Outlook *\u003cbr\u003eGurd combines analytical precision with lucidity and insight, bringing fresh clarity to a notoriously complex set of texts. This illuminating book will be read with profit and enjoyment not only by classicists but by scholars in all branches of the humanities. * Spencer Klavan, Lecturer in ancient Greek, Oxford University, UK *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreface\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ePlato\u003c\/b\u003e Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three \u003cb\u003eAristoxenus\u003c\/b\u003e Chapter Four Chapter Five \u003cb\u003eConclusion\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cb\u003eNotes\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eBibliography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Index\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019636015447,"sku":"9781350194441","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350194441.jpg?v=1750780858","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-origins-of-music-theory-in-the-age-of-plato-9781350194441","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}