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Pink Floyd and Philosophy: Careful with That Axiom, Eugene!

Pink Floyd and Philosophy: Careful with That Axiom, Eugene!

Reisch, George A.

Paperback

Series: Popular Culture and Philosophy, Book 30

PhilosophyPop/RockMusic Reference

Publisher Price: $31.95

ISBN10: 0812696360
ISBN13: 9780812696363
Publisher: Open Court
Published: Nov 28 2007
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.96
Height: 0.73 Width: 6.08 Depth: 8.98
Language: English
Pink Floyd's sound and light shows in the 1960s defined psychedelia, but their later recordings combined rock, orchestral music, literature, and philosophy. Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall ignored pop music's usual strictures to focus on themes of madness, despair, brutality, and alienation. Here, 16 scholars set delve into the heart of Pink Floyd by examining ideas, concepts, and problems usually encountered not in a rock band's lyrics but in the pages of Heidegger, Foucault, and Sartre. These include the meaning of existence, the individual's place in society, the contradictions of art and commerce, and the blurry line between genius and madness. The band's dynamic history allows the writers to explore controversies about intellectual property, the nature of authorship, and whether wholes, especially in the case of rock bands, are more than the sum of their parts.

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