Music and Consciousness 2

Consciousness has been described as one of the most mysterious things in the universe. Scientists philosophers and commentators from a whole range of disciplines can't seem to agree on what it is generating a sizeable field of contemporary research known as consciousness studies. <p/>Following its forebear <em>Music and Consciousness: Philosophical Psychological and Cultural Perspectives</em> (OUP 2011) this volume argues that music can provide a valuable route to understanding consciousness and also that consciousness opens up new perspectives for the study of music. It argues that consciousness extends beyond the brain and is fundamentally related to selves engaged in the world culture and society. <p/>The book brings together an interdisciplinary line up of authors covering topics as wide ranging as cognitive psychology neuroscience psychoanalysis philosophy and phenomenology aesthetics sociology ethnography and performance studies and musical styles from classic to rock trance to Daoism jazz to tabla and deep listening to free improvisation. Music and Consciousness 2 will be fasinating reading for those studying or working in the field of musicology those researching consciousness as well as cultural theorists psychologists and philosophers.<br>