Book ID: CBB001214779

Music, Cosmology, and the Politics of Harmony in Early China (2012)

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Brindley, Erica Fox (Author)


State University of New York Press


Publication Date: 2012
Physical Details: xi + 225 pp.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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. 500--100 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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Authors & Contributors
Anne S. Dowd
Hicks, Andrew
Antonelli, Francesca
Wirth, Jean
Walton, David
Vanhaelen, Maude
Concepts
Harmony (music theory)
Music
Cosmology
Science and culture
Astronomy
Science and religion
Time Periods
Ancient
Medieval
Early modern
17th century
Modern
Renaissance
Places
China
Greece
Mesoamerica
Europe
Middle and Near East
France
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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