{"product_id":"elective-affinities-musical-essays-on-the-history-of-aesthetic-theory-hardcover","title":"Elective Affinities: Musical Essays on the History of Aesthetic Theory - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLydia Goehr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs illustrated in Goethe's famous novel of the same name, elective affinities are powerful relationships that crystallize under changing conditions. In this new book, Lydia Goehr focuses on the history of elective affinities between philosophy and music from German classicism, romanticism, and idealism to the modernist aesthetic theory of Theodor W. Adorno and Arthur C. Danto. Aesthetic theory, she argues, depends on a dynamic philosophy of history centered on tendencies, yearnings, needs, and potentialities. With this in mind, she recasts the theses of Adorno and Danto regarding the death or end of philosophy, art, music, and human experience as arguments for continuation and survival. \u003ci\u003eElective Affinities\u003c\/i\u003e tracks the migration of aesthetic and critical theory from Germany to the United States following the catastrophic period of the twentieth century marked by the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLydia Goehr is professor of philosophy at Columbia University and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Imaginary Museum of Musical Works: An Essay in the Philosophy of Music\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Quest for Voice: Music, Politics, and the Limits of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e. With Daniel Herwitz, she is the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Don Giovanni Moment: Essays on the Legacy of an Opera\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 408\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.3 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 27, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754062643488,"sku":"9780231144803","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f60f50677cfd328a8f2028ca11dc55a0.webp?v=1780032590","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/elective-affinities-musical-essays-on-the-history-of-aesthetic-theory-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}