Noise: The Political Economy of Music

Noise

The Political Economy of Music

Jacques Attali
Translated by Brian Massumi
Foreword by Fredric Jameson

Table of Contents

$18.50 Paper
ISBN: 0-8166-1287-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-1287-1

"Noise should be read by musicians, who are largely unaware of their historic role. it will serve as an inspiration, as a philosophical foundation for politically conscious artists, and as an encouragement to develop counterinstitutions in the world of music. Others should read Noise because we are all affected by music: we are all its listeners, its consumers. We all hum its tunes, mouth its lyrics. We all suppress the composer within us, and Attali describes how this keeps us caught in repetition, keeps us jailed." —Telos

"Noise is a model of cultural historiography. In its general theoretical argument on the relations of culture to economy, but also in its specialized concentration, Noise has much that is of importance to critical theory today." —SubStance

"Attali brings fresh insights to a critical analysis of music's social role. His work stands out as an adventuresome analysis of the political economy of music. Its challenge to calcified critical thinking is undeniable. It can only revitalize discussion on the connections between political power, ideology, and the role of music in the current cybernetic phase of capitalism's twilight years." —Border/Lines

"For Attali, music is not simply a reflection of culture, but a harbinger of change, an anticipatory abstraction of the shape of things to come. The book's title refers specifically to the reception of musics that sonically rival normative social orders. Noise is Attali's metaphor for a broad, historical vanguardism, for the radical soundscapes of the western continuum that express structurally the course of social development." —Ethnomusicology

180 pages | 6 x 9 | 1 illustration | 1985
Theory and History of Literature Series, volume 16

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword by Fredric Jameson

1. Listening
2. Sacrificing
3. Representing
4. Repeating
5. Composing

Afterword: The Politics of Silence and Sound by Susan McClary
Notes
Index



Noise *The Political Economy of Music* Jacques Attali Translated by Brian Massumi Foreword by Fredric Jameson Table of Contents		$18.50 Paper ISBN: 0-8166-1287-0 ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-1287-1
"Noise should be read by musicians, who are largely unaware of their historic role. it will serve as an inspiration, as a philosophical foundation for politically conscious artists, and as an encouragement to develop counterinstitutions in the world of music. Others should read Noise because we are all affected by music: we are all its listeners, its consumers. We all hum its tunes, mouth its lyrics. We all suppress the composer within us, and Attali describes how this keeps us caught in repetition, keeps us jailed." —Telos "Noise is a model of cultural historiography. In its general theoretical argument on the relations of culture to economy, but also in its specialized concentration, Noise has much that is of importance to critical theory today." —SubStance "Attali brings fresh insights to a critical analysis of music's social role. His work stands out as an adventuresome analysis of the political economy of music. Its challenge to calcified critical thinking is undeniable. It can only revitalize discussion on the connections between political power, ideology, and the role of music in the current cybernetic phase of capitalism's twilight years." —Border/Lines "For Attali, music is not simply a reflection of culture, but a harbinger of change, an anticipatory abstraction of the shape of things to come. The book's title refers specifically to the reception of musics that sonically rival normative social orders. Noise is Attali's metaphor for a broad, historical vanguardism, for the radical soundscapes of the western continuum that express structurally the course of social development." —Ethnomusicology 180 pages \| 6 x 9 \| 1 illustration \| 1985 Theory and History of Literature Series, volume 16 TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword by Fredric Jameson 1. Listening 2. Sacrificing 3. Representing 4. Repeating 5. Composing Afterword: The Politics of Silence and Sound by Susan McClary Notes Index