Beschreibung
Max Weber as a sociologist of music? Scrutinising an array of nineteenth-century discourses on the concept of development in music, Ana Petrov focuses on Max Webers theory of rationalisation in music, which led him to see rationalised music as the most developed, the most complex and the best music that the whole of civilisation had ever achieved. Weber was convinced that his analysis could prove that the peak of the rationalisation process was to be found in the great masterpieces of German composers, starting with Johann Sebastian Bach and finishing with Richard Wagner. Petrov argues that Webers allegedly neutral concepts were far from innocent and ideology-free, but rather outcomes of his social and intellectual background. She explores the implications of Webers concept of rationalisation in music, discussing correlations between the theories of evolution and rationalisation and the paradigm of cultural imperialism, which can be recognised in Webers promulgation of the superiority of Western music traditions.
Autorenporträt
Ana Petrov (b.1982) is a sociologist and musicologist. An assistant professor at the Faculty of Media and Communications, Singidunum University, Belgrade, she is also the author of books on Pierre Bourdieu and Bruno Latour, as well as articles dealing with Max Webers theory of rationalisation, Friedrich Nietzsches musical aesthetics, the public concert as social event, and popular culture in the former Yugoslavia. Her research interests and publications lie at the intersections of the aesthetics of music, sociology of culture, sociology of music, and sociology of the body.
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