{"product_id":"the-origins-of-music-theory-in-the-age-of-plato-paperback","title":"The Origins of Music Theory in the Age of Plato - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSean Alexander Gurd\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSean Alexander Gurd\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in the department of Ancient Mediterranean Studies at the University of Missouri, USA. His books include \u003ci\u003eIphigenias at Aulis: Textual Multiplicity, Radical Philology\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), \u003ci\u003eWork in Progress: Literary Revision as Social Performance in Ancient Rome \u003c\/i\u003e(2012), and \u003ci\u003eDissonance: Auditory Aesthetics in Ancient Greece\u003c\/i\u003e (2016).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 17, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51789875642656,"sku":"9781350194441","price":80.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2f4cf3503fc303b71abe725a3ab3d6cf.webp?v=1780669151","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-origins-of-music-theory-in-the-age-of-plato-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}