{"title":"Daniel K. L. Chua","description":"\u003cp\u003eDaniel K. L. Chua’s works offer an insightful exploration of \u003cem\u003emusic and culture\u003c\/em\u003e, weaving together themes that resonate across time and space. His books invite readers to consider the profound connections between sound, technology, and human experience, as seen in titles like \u003cstrong\u003eAlien Listening – Voyager′s Golden Record and Music from Earth\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a thoughtful approach to \u003cem\u003earts and culture\u003c\/em\u003e, Chua's writing illuminates the joyous and universal aspects of music, encouraging a deeper appreciation of its role in shaping our shared world. His works are ideal for those curious about the intersection of creativity, history, and communication.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"music-and-joy-by-daniel-k-l-chua-9780300264210","title":"Music and Joy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Confucius to Saint Augustine and Beethoven to the blues, a rediscovery of the joy that is music.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Running throughout [Chua's] book is a note of playfulness that makes for lively reading even when things turn deeply philosophical.\"—John Check, \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \"Holiday Gift Books, Music\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this revelatory book, Daniel K. L. Chua asks a simple question: Is music joy? For Chua, the answer is a resounding yes—music is a lesson in joy that teaches us how to live well. But to hear this ancient knowledge, he says, we have to attend to a music that is so much greater than our greatest hits. Drawing on extensive sources, from the Confucian classics to the writings of Saint Augustine, Chua's book is a globe‑trotting, time‑traveling, mind‑boggling journey to rediscover the joy that is music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUsing examples from Beethoven to the blues, and from philosophy and theology to music theory, Chua updates the relation between music and joy and argues for its relevance in the face of our many political and environmental crises. He opens our ears to a music that is the very definition of joy for today's troubled world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47426069659884,"sku":"9780300264210","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780300264210.jpg?v=1774768007"},{"product_id":"alien-listening-voyagers-golden-record-and-music-from-earth-by-alexander-rehding-9781942130536","title":"Alien Listening – Voyager′s Golden Record and Music from Earth","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn examination of NASA's Golden Record that offers new perspectives and theories on how music can be analysed, listened to, and thought about—by aliens and humans alike.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1977, NASA shot a mixtape into outer space. The Golden Record aboard the Voyager spacecraft contained world music and sounds of Earth to represent humanity to any extraterrestrial civilisations. To date, the Golden Record is the only human-made object to have left the solar system. \u003cem\u003eAlien Listening\u003c\/em\u003e asks the big questions that the Golden Record raises: Can music live up to its reputation as the universal language in communications with the unknown? How do we fit all of human culture into a time capsule that will barrel through space for tens of thousands of years? And last but not least: Do aliens have ears?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe stakes could hardly be greater. Around the extreme scenario of the Golden Record, Chua and Rehding develop a thought-provoking, philosophically heterodox, and often humorous Intergalactic Music Theory of Everything, a string theory of communication, an object-oriented ontology of sound, and a Penelopean model woven together from strands of music and media theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe significance of this exomusicology, like that of the Golden Record, ultimately takes us back to Earth and its denizens. By confronting the vast temporal and spatial distances the Golden Record traverses, the authors take listeners out of their comfort zone and offer new perspectives in which music can be analysed, listened to, and thought about—by aliens and humans alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47595662213356,"sku":"9781942130536","price":57.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781942130536-alien-listening-voyager-s-golden-record-and-music-from-earth.jpg?v=1777899527"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/daniel-k-l-chua.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}