MUSIC AND THE MIND - Couverture souple

Storr

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0006861865 ISBN 13 : 9780006861867

Editeur : Harper Perennial, 1997

Synopsis

Why does music have such an effect on our minds and bodies? It is the most mysterious and most intangible of all forms of art. Anthony Storr believes that music today is a significant experience for a greater number of people than ever before, and in this book he explores why this should be so.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

"Writing with grace and clarity...he touches on everything from the evolution of the Western tonal system, to the Freudian theory of music as infantile escapism, to the differing roles o the right and left brain in perceiving music."
WALL STREET JOURNAL
Drawing on his own life long passion for music and synthesizing the theories of Plato, Schopenhauer, Stravinsky, Nietzsche, Bartok, and others, distinguished author and psychologist Anthony Storr illuminates music's deep beauty and timeless truth and why and how music is one of the fundamental activities of mankind.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Anthony Storr was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and an Emeritus Fellow of Green College, Oxford. He was the author of numerous books, including The Integrity of the Personality, The Dynamics of Creation, The Essential Jung, and The Art of Psychotherapy. Dr. Storr died in 2001.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harper Perennial
• Date d'édition: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0006861865
• ISBN 13: 9780006861867
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224