Matras On Counter-Enlightenment, Existential Irony, and Sanctification

Essays in the Sociology of Western Art Musics
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-64469-748-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 308 Seiten

The book introduces the topics of Enlightenment, Counter-Enlightenment, and social demography in Western art musics and shows their historical and sociological importance, while exploring the concepts of “existential irony” and “sanctification,” which have not previously been the focus of any other studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Matras, Judah

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musikethnologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. On Horizons and Research Agendas for the Sociology of Musics: Changes under the Pandemic and Social Distancing2. On “Ethno-Existential Irony” in Western Art Musics3. Counter-Enlightenment, the Other, and Existential Irony4. On Migration and the Social Demography of Western Art Musics5. On the Sociology of Musics and Counter-Enlightenment in Israel6. On Modern Jewish Atlantic Rim and Black Atlantic Migrations7. On the Sanctification of Western Art Musics8. Sociological Perspectives on the Sanctification of Secular MusicsReferencesIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Matras Judah:
Judah Matras is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, at Carleton University, Ottawa, and at the University of Haifa. He holds degrees in Statistics (B.Sc.) and in Sociology (M.A. and Ph.D.) from the University of Chicago, and has had Visiting Professor appointments at the University of Chicago; the University of Wisconsin, Madison; the University of Washington, Seattle; the Max Planck-Institute fur Bildungsforschung, Berlin; Harvard University; and Nuffield College, Oxford. Most of his research and publications were devoted to social inequality. stratification, and population studies, but in most recent teaching years he taught courses and seminars in the Sociology of Musics and has presented and published a number of research papers in this field.Judah Matras is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, at Carleton University, Ottawa, and at the University of Haifa. He holds degrees in Statistics (B.Sc.) and in Sociology (M.A. and Ph.D.) from the University of Chicago, and has had Visiting Professor appointments at the University of Chicago; the University of Wisconsin, Madison; the University of Washington, Seattle; the Bildungsforschung, Berlin; Harvard University; and Nuffield College, Oxford. Most of his research and publications were devoted to social inequality. stratification, and population studies, but in most recent teaching years he taught courses and seminars in the sociology of music and has presented and published a number of research papers in this field.