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The Aesthetics of Musicby Roger ScrutonISBN 019816727X (0-19-816727-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The book starts from the metaphysics of sound. Scruton distinguishes sound from tone, analyzes rhythm, melody, and harmony, and explores the various dimensions of musical organization and musical meaning. Taking on various fashionable theories in the philosophy and theory of music, he presents a compelling case for the moral significance of music, its place in our culture, and the need for taste and discrimination in performing and listening to it. Laying down principles for musical analysis and criticism, the book ends with a theory of culture, and a devastating demolition of modern popular music. [via]More editions of The Aesthetics of Music:
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Death-Devoted Heart: Sex and the Sacred in Wagner's Tritan and Isoldeby Roger ScrutonISBN 0195166914 (0-19-516691-4)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Death-Devoted Heart explodes this established interpretation, proving the drama to be more than just a sublimation of the composer's love for Wesendonck or a wistful romantic dream. Scruton boldly attests that Tristan and Isolde has profound religious meaning and remains as relevant today as it was to Wagner's contemporaries. He also offers keen insight into the nature of erotic love, the sacred qualities of human passion, and the peculiar place of the erotic in our culture. His argument touches on the nature of tragedy, the significance of ritual sacrifice, and the meaning of redemption, providing a fresh interpretation of Wagner's masterpiece. Roger Scruton has written an original and provocative account of Wagner's music drama, which blends philosophy, criticism, and musicology in order to show the work's importance in the twenty-first century. [via]More editions of Death-Devoted Heart: Sex and the Sacred in Wagner's Tritan and Isolde:
From Descartes to Wittgensteinby Roger ScrutonISBN 0061319996 (0-06-131999-6)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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From Descartes to Wittgenstein: A Short History of Modern Philosophyby Roger ScrutonISBN 0060909315 (0-06-090931-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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German Philosophers: Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Nietzscheby Roger Scruton , Peter Singer, Michael Tanner, Christopher JanawayISBN 0192854240 (0-19-285424-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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An Intelligent Person's Guide to Philosophyby Roger ScrutonISBN 0140275169 (0-14-027516-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Kantby Roger ScrutonISBN 0192875779 (0-19-287577-9)
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Kant: A Very Short Introductionby Roger ScrutonISBN 0192801996 (0-19-280199-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam. [via]More editions of Kant: A Very Short Introduction:
Meaning of Conservatismby Roger ScrutonISBN 014022193X (0-14-022193-X)
Softcover, Penguin Books, Limited
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Modern Philosophy: An Introduction and Surveyby Roger ScrutonISBN 0140249079 (0-14-024907-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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On Huntingby Roger ScrutonISBN 0224060260 (0-224-06026-0)
Softcover, Random House
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The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Political Thoughtby Roger ScrutonISBN 0060150440 (0-06-015044-0)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Sexual Desire: A Moral Philosophy of the Eroticby Roger ScrutonISBN 0029292808 (0-02-929280-8)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Spinozaby Roger ScrutonISBN 0192876309 (0-19-287630-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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