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The heaviest ideas in the universe : a philosophy of heavy metal / edited by Benjamin W. McCraw and J. Aaron Simmons.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Heavy metal (Music)--Philosophy and aesthetics.
- Heavy metal (Music).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (352 pages.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2026.
- Contents:
- Foreword / Randy Blythe
- Introduction / Benjamin W. McCraw and J. Aaron Simmons
- Part I. None So Vile : On Ethics. Conflicted : Moshing, Meaning, and the Dialectics of a Problematic Community / Nick Smith ; "What a Poser!" Snobbery, Identity, and Gatekeeping / Catharine Saint-Croix ; We Sing Songs about Swords and Wizards from Space : Fantasy Metal and the Aspiration of Re-enchantment / Scott Aikin ; A View from Nihil : Heavy Metal, Censorship and The End of Morality / David Hunt
- Part II. Preachers of Death : On Philosophy of Religion. Christianity and Metal : Reflections from a Former Scene Kid / R. T. Mullins ; The Idea of the Unholy / C. D. Labbas ; Black Metal is Religious Music / Eric Steinhart
- Part III. The Science of Noise : On Aesthetics. The Role of Performance Persona in Black Metal Aesthetics / Ley David Elliette Cray ; Freedom-Nature-Satan : On the Beauty of Black Metal / Daisy Dixon and Panos Paris ; From Drumheads to Platonic Forms : Enecstatic Considerations of Metal / Jim Karnaris ; Headbanging as Kinaesthetic Judgment / Jason Miller ; Heavy Timbres : What Makes Heavy Music Heavy? / James Dow
- Part IV. Violent Sleep of Reason : On Epistemology. Anti-Social Black Metal Epistemology : Forming Beliefs without Trust in an Evil Environment / Mikael Janvid ; Talk Shit, Get Kissed : Death Metal, Misogyny, and Epistemic Resistance / Benjamin W. McCraw ; The Heaviness of Play in Heavy Metal / Shelby Moser.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Electronic reproduction. Hoboken, N.J. Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Online version Heaviest ideas in the universe
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781394330775 (electronic bk.)
- 1394330774 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 90104948296
- CIPO000412722
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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