In this Book
- The Much-at-Once: Music, Science, Ecstasy, the Body
- Book
- 2016
- Published by: Fordham University Press
- Series: American Philosophy
summary
In this capstone work, the late Bruce Wilshire seeks to rediscover the fullness of life in the world by way of a more complete activation of the body’s potentials. Appealing to our powers of hearing and feeling, with a special emphasis on music, he engages a rich array of composers, writers, and thinkers ranging from Beethoven and Mahler to Emerson and William James.
Wilshire builds on James’s concept of the much-at-once to name the superabundance of the world that surrounds, nourishes, holds, and stimulates us; that pummels and provokes us; that responds to our deepest need—to feel ecstatically real.
Table of Contents
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- Part One
- Segment One
- pp. 15-35
- Segment Two
- pp. 36-59
- Segment Three
- pp. 60-83
- Segment Four
- pp. 84-111
- Lingering Afterword
- pp. 112-114
- Part Two
- Segment Five
- pp. 117-146
- Segment Six
- pp. 147-166
- Segment Seven
- pp. 167-196
- Segment Eight
- pp. 197-216
- Final Benediction: Ritual as Music
- pp. 217-232
- Appendixes
- pp. 233-256
- Works Cited
- pp. 261-270
Additional Information
ISBN
9780823268368
Related ISBN(s)
9780823268337, 9780823268344
MARC Record
OCLC
930760416
Pages
296
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2017