The Much-at-Once: Music, Science, Ecstasy, the Body

The Much-at-Once: Music, Science, Ecstasy, the Body
ISBN-10
0823268357
ISBN-13
9780823268351
Category
Music
Pages
296
Language
English
Published
2016-02-01
Publisher
Fordham Univ Press
Author
Bruce W. Wilshire

Description

In this capstone work, the late Bruce Wilshire seeks to rediscover the fullness of life in the world by way of a more complete activation of the body’s potentials. Appealing to our powers of hearing and feeling, with a special emphasis on music, he engages a rich array of composers, writers, and thinkers ranging from Beethoven and Mahler to Emerson and William James. Wilshire builds on James’s concept of the much-at-once to name the superabundance of the world that surrounds, nourishes, holds, and stimulates us; that pummels and provokes us; that responds to our deepest need—to feel ecstatically real.

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