{"product_id":"noise-by-jacques-attali-9780816612871","title":"Noise","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNoise\u003c\/em\u003e is a model of cultural historiography. In its general theoretical argument on the relations of culture to economy, but also in its specialised concentration, \u003cem\u003eNoise\u003c\/em\u003e has much that is of importance to critical theory today. \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eSubStance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor 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. \u003cem\u003eNoise\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eEthnomusicology\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJacques Attali is the author of numerous books, including \u003cem\u003eMillennium: Winners and Losers in the Coming World Order\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLabyrinth in Culture and Society\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431747404012,"sku":"9780816612871","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780816612871.jpg?v=1774557269","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/noise-by-jacques-attali-9780816612871","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}