Blues - Philosophy for Everyone
Thinking Deep About Feeling Low
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The philosophy of the blues
From B.B. King to Billie Holiday, Blues music not only soundsgood, but has an almost universal appeal in its reflection of thetrials and tribulations of everyday life. Its ability to powerfullytouch on a range of social and emotional issues is philosophicallyinspiring, and here, a diverse range of thinkers and musiciansoffer illuminating essays that make important connections betweenthe human condition and the Blues that will appeal to music loversand philosophers alike.
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Fritz Allhoff
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"Blues - Philosophy for Everyone providesilluminating essays from this philosophy of the blues. Itbrings together intriguing insights into the connection between theblues and philosophy that will appeal to music lovers andphilosophers alike." (SirReadaLot.org, 1February 2012)
"Blues? Philosophy? Ludwig Wittgenstein as the HoochieKoochie man? Why not? There's a crossover: blues andphilosophy both exist to make sense of it all, to find meaning inthe vicissitudes of living. Leading the fly out of the fly bottledoesn't have to end up as a treatise, it can also end up as a song. As this book forms one the Philosophy for Everyone series,with titles such as Cannabis -- What Were We Just TalkingAbout? or Dating -- Flirting With Big Ideas, we knowthat it is not going to be too po-faced in its approach to puttingthis popular art form under the philosophical lens. And if theother books in this series are as good as this one, then I'll besearching them out, too ... The writing here is of a high order andthe essays yield insights galore about the blues in its social,historical and cultural contexts and its personal and universalappeal." (Metapsychology Online Reviews, 27April 2012)
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