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Zoographies The Question of the Animal from Heidegger to Derridaby: M Calarco June 01, 2008 |
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The Animal That Therefore I Am (Perspectives in Continental Philosophy) (Perspectives in Continental Philosophy)by: Jacques Derrida July 15, 2008 |
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When Species Meet (Posthumanities)by: Donna J. Haraway November 26, 2007 |
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Zoontologies: The Question of the Animalby: Cary Wolfe March 01, 2003 |
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The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Centuryby: Alex Ross March 03, 2008 |
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This is a huge subject, and Alex Ross does a great job of covering it. Not everyone will be happy if their pet composer or movement has been tackled only briefly (if at all), but it would be impossible to fit the entire century into a single volume. As a result of reading this I have been moved to listen to Schoenberg and Strauss (esp. the Metamorphosen) for the first time; they are challenging works but rewarding and it has been great to have my musical horizons expanded by reading this book.
For me, the book was worth buying for the chapter on Sibelius alone; the passage describing the walk around Ainola and linking it to Sibelius' music is just superb - it sent me straight back to my CD collection to dig out and listen to the symphonies ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brainby: Oliver Sacks November 02, 2007 |
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Having both a strong interest in music and a medical training, this book greatly appealed to me. Sacks is also a good speaker, and although I would have bought this book anyway, the lecture I attended didn't do anything to dissuade me from doing so.
Having read copious medical text, I always baulk at anything that might remotely stink of such, when choosing my recreational reading. Musicophilia does discuss the dry scientific evidence, in a fairly in-depth dry scientific way. This, I suppose is unavoidable given the task Sacks has set himself, of scientifically explaining both musical talent and musical pathology. Which is probably my main criticism of the book for my own personal reasons (as outlined above). However saying this, it is done ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Thinking with Animals: New Perspectives on Anthropomorphismby: L Daston October 13, 2006 |
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Having both a strong interest in music and a medical training, this book greatly appealed to me. Sacks is also a good speaker, and although I would have bought this book anyway, the lecture I attended didn't do anything to dissuade me from doing so.
Having read copious medical text, I always baulk at anything that might remotely stink of such, when choosing my recreational reading. Musicophilia does discuss the dry scientific evidence, in a fairly in-depth dry scientific way. This, I suppose is unavoidable given the task Sacks has set himself, of scientifically explaining both musical talent and musical pathology. Which is probably my main criticism of the book for my own personal reasons (as outlined above). However saying this, it is done ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Analytic Philosophy and the Return of Hegelian Thought (Modern European Philosophy) (Modern European Philosophy)by: Paul Redding September 13, 2007 |
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Having both a strong interest in music and a medical training, this book greatly appealed to me. Sacks is also a good speaker, and although I would have bought this book anyway, the lecture I attended didn't do anything to dissuade me from doing so.
Having read copious medical text, I always baulk at anything that might remotely stink of such, when choosing my recreational reading. Musicophilia does discuss the dry scientific evidence, in a fairly in-depth dry scientific way. This, I suppose is unavoidable given the task Sacks has set himself, of scientifically explaining both musical talent and musical pathology. Which is probably my main criticism of the book for my own personal reasons (as outlined above). However saying this, it is done ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Simone Weil (Outstanding Christian Thinkers)by: Mario Von Der Ruhr November 30, 2006 |
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Having both a strong interest in music and a medical training, this book greatly appealed to me. Sacks is also a good speaker, and although I would have bought this book anyway, the lecture I attended didn't do anything to dissuade me from doing so.
Having read copious medical text, I always baulk at anything that might remotely stink of such, when choosing my recreational reading. Musicophilia does discuss the dry scientific evidence, in a fairly in-depth dry scientific way. This, I suppose is unavoidable given the task Sacks has set himself, of scientifically explaining both musical talent and musical pathology. Which is probably my main criticism of the book for my own personal reasons (as outlined above). However saying this, it is done ... Read More: >>More Details |
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This is Not Sufficient: An Essay on Animality and Human Nature in Derridaby: Leonard Lawlor October 12, 2007 |
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Having both a strong interest in music and a medical training, this book greatly appealed to me. Sacks is also a good speaker, and although I would have bought this book anyway, the lecture I attended didn't do anything to dissuade me from doing so.
Having read copious medical text, I always baulk at anything that might remotely stink of such, when choosing my recreational reading. Musicophilia does discuss the dry scientific evidence, in a fairly in-depth dry scientific way. This, I suppose is unavoidable given the task Sacks has set himself, of scientifically explaining both musical talent and musical pathology. Which is probably my main criticism of the book for my own personal reasons (as outlined above). However saying this, it is done ... Read More: >>More Details |
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