Music and Justice: A Teleological Philosophy of Music Aesthetics

Although aesthetics began with an interest in a teleological order, the classical question was largely disparaged and rejected in mainstream academic circles by the twentieth century. The two dogmas of musical modernism were the presumption of formalism and the assertion of aestheticism. Historicall...

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Auteur principal: Scarbrough, Jeremy E. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Institute for Interdisciplinary Research 2022
Dans: Journal of interdisciplinary studies
Année: 2022, Volume: 34, Numéro: 1/2, Pages: 11-42
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Résumé:Although aesthetics began with an interest in a teleological order, the classical question was largely disparaged and rejected in mainstream academic circles by the twentieth century. The two dogmas of musical modernism were the presumption of formalism and the assertion of aestheticism. Historically, philosophers defending the objectivity of aesthetic value focused on the question of Beauty per se. But what if beauty is descriptive of something else? Our conviction of justice runs deeper than convictions of beauty. This essay explores the significance of human anticipation concerning justice and how moral conviction relates to music as an encounter with teleological convictions. Music is fundamentally an individualized philosophical experience engaging the question of order, based upon a universal teleological presupposition. We do not find the arts to be meaningful because we believe them to be beautiful; we ascribe beauty to that which we find to be deeply meaningful--a way-it-should-be.
ISSN:2766-0508
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of interdisciplinary studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5840/jis2022341/22