Brindley Music, Cosmology, and the Politics of Harmony in Early China

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4384-4315-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 237 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture

Explores the religious, political, and cultural significance attributed to music in early China.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brindley, Erica Fox

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Östliche Religionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Prologue

Introduction: Music and Cosmological Theory

Part One: Music and the State

1. Music in State Order and Cosmic Rulership
2. A Civilizing Force for Imperial Rule
3. Regulating Sound and the Cosmos

Part Two: Music and the Individual

4. Music and the Emergence of a Psychology of the Emotions
5. Sagely Attunement to the Cosmos
6. Music and Medicine

Conclusion
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Erica Fox Brindley is Associate Professor of History, Asian Studies, and Religious Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. She is the author of Individualism in Early China: Human Agency and the Self in Thought and Politics.