Beauty, Reason, and Power: Music Education in a Pluralist Society

Cover
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Pluralism, Music Education, and Philosophical Tradition
The Liberal Arts as Classical Education
Philosophical Traditions and their Conflicts
Understanding Music Education through the Classical Tradition
Part One: Traditions in Development
	Chapter One: Foundations of the Western Tradition
		Western Civilization and its Traditions
		The Greek World in Context
		Plato and the Idea of Education
		Aristotle and Virtue in Community
		The Impact of Hellenization and Early Christianity
	Chapter Two: Realism and the Quest for Beauty
		The World of Christendom
		The Continuity of Tradition
		Music and the Meaningful Cosmos
		The Developing Liberal Arts
		The Humanities and their Renaissances
	Chapter Three: Reason and Inquiries for Truth
		The European Enlightenment
		Responses within the Liberal Tradition
		The Aesthetic Experience of Music
		Mechanical and Organic Pedagogy
		Music Education as Aesthetic Education
	Chapter Four: Transformation and the Will to Power
		Contours of the Critical Framework
		Critical Pedagogy
		Critical Anti-Aesthetics
		Praxial Music Education
		Liquid and Immutable Identities
Part Two: Traditions in Operation
	Chapter Five: The Classical Tradition and Music
		The Nature of Musical Activity
		The Meaning of the Musical Work
		The Nature of Musical Listening
	Chapter Six: The Classical Tradition and Education
		The Purposes of Classical Education
		The Content of Classical Education
		Classical Education and the Common Good
	Chapter Seven: The Classical Tradition and Music Education
		The Materials of Music Education
		Methods of Music Education
		Music Education and Narrative Identity
	Conclusion: Traditions in Conflict and Dialogue
		Some Objections Considered
		Diverging Paths Forward
		Toward Dialogue and Resistance
Index