Noise

Name: Noise
Brand: NewSouth Books
SKU: 9780816612871
Price: 39.99 NZD
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The Political Economy of Music

By Jacques Attali

Series: Theory and History of Literature

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Noise by Jacques Attali explores music as a transformative cultural force rather than mere reflection. The book presents noise as a metaphor for radical social change, analysing how avant-garde sound challenges established norms and anticipates shifts in society. Attali interweaves cultural historiography with critical theory to illuminate the relationship between music, economy, and social development.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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Ideal for readers interested in cultural theory, ethnomusicology, and the intersection of music and social change.

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Noise is a model of cultural historiography. In its general theoretical argument on the relations of culture to economy, but also in its specialised concentration, Noise has much that is of importance to critical theory today. SubStance

For Attali, music is not simply a reflection of culture, but a harbinger of change, an anticipatory abstraction of the shape of things to come. The book's title refers specifically to the reception of musics that sonically rival normative social orders. Noise is Attali's metaphor for a broad, historical vanguardism, for the radical soundscapes of the western continuum that express structurally the course of social development. Ethnomusicology

Jacques Attali is the author of numerous books, including Millennium: Winners and Losers in the Coming World Order and Labyrinth in Culture and Society.