{"product_id":"music-making-and-civic-imagination-a-holistic-philosophy-9781789388022","title":"Music Making and Civic Imagination: A Holistic Philosophy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eMusic has the potential to be a resource for sustainable development, playing a role in human evolution and facilitating ethical human connection. A holistic philosophy of music recognizes the complex web of meaning across performance and participation, emphasizing the paramusical benefits and social bonds that arise from musicing. It can be implemented in practice through musician education, drawing on the authors' professional praxis. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 236 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 16 October 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Intellect Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a world grappling with numerous existential crises, music may be perceived as little more than a mere distraction. However, in this comprehensive synthesis of ideas cultivated over a decade, a timely re-evaluation of the potential of music for human flourishing is presented, emphasizing its role in the history of human evolution alongside its potential as a resource for sustainable development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA holistic philosophy of music is outlined, recognizing the intricate web of meaning that spreads across complementary musical dimensions of performance and participation, while also emphasizing the \"paramusical benefits\" that arise from both. Highlighting the notion that the social bonds that arise from musicing share much of the neurobiological underpinnings of attachment and love, music is presented as a resource with the potential to facilitate ethical human connection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe humanistic values that are thereby materialized during musicing – love, reciprocity, and justice – form the experiential grounds for inhabiting alternative social realities. The book addresses how such a holistic philosophy of music might be implemented in practice, drawing on the authors' professional praxis as a performer, educator, community musician, composer, and researcher, in particular their experience of musician education at Sage Gateshead, Royal College of Music, and Trinity-Laban Conservatoire in the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 618g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 177 x 252 x 21 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781789388022\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DaveCamlin","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44663627677946,"sku":"9781789388022","price":89.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1697796599454_book.jpg?v=1697873890","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/music-making-and-civic-imagination-a-holistic-philosophy-9781789388022","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}