The strange music of social life : a dialogue on dialogic sociology / Michael Mayerfeld Bell ... [et al.] ; edited by Ann Goetting.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bell, Michael, 1957-

Contributor:

Goetting, Ann.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences.

Music.

Human information processing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Strange Music of Social Life presents a dialogue on dialogic sociology, explored through the medium of music. Sociologist and composer Michael Mayerfeld Bell presents an argument that both sociology and classical music remain largely in the grip of a nineteenth-century totalizing ambition of prediction and control. He provides the refreshing approach of ""strangency"" to explain a sociology that tries to understand not only the regularities of social life but also the social conditions in which people do what we do not expect.Nine important sociologists and musicians

Contents:

The Program; Tuning Up; Program Notes; Theme; 1. Strange Music: Notes toward a Dialogic Sociology; Development; 2. Sociologizing the Strange: A Strong Program for a Weak Sociology; 3. Stranger Danger: Response to Michael Bell's "Strange Music"; 4. A Sisyphean Process? Dialogue on Dialogical Sociology; 5. Growing a Chorus; 6. Why I Like Contemporary Classical Musica nd Contemporary Sociological Theory: Three Ironies of Michael Bell's "Strange Music"; 7. Response to Michael Bell: Reflections Based on Perspectives from Popular Culture, Fine Arts, and Globalization; 8. A Three-Part Recension

9. Strange to the Structure: A Dialogue on "Strange Music," Performance Studies, Jazz Trumpet, and Billie Holiday10. Re-creating Music in the Moment: Reflections on Michael Bell's "Strange Music" and on Musical Performance; Coda; 11. If You Have All the Answers, You Don't Have All the Questions; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613244673

9781283244671

1283244675

9781439907252

1439907250

OCLC:

752064936