Against Emotion: Hanslick Was Right About Music

Zangwill, Nick

doi:10.1093/bjaesthetics/44.1.29

Cited by 26 publications

(16 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…There subsequently arose a long tradition of speculative writing on M-E by aestheticians and musicologists, with notable contributions by Avison (1752Avison ( /2003, Hanslick (1854Hanslick ( /1957, Gurney (1880Gurney ( /1966, Langer (1942) and Meyer (1956), whose ideas are very much alive in the contemporary thought of philosophers of music, such as Davies (1994Davies ( , 2001; Kivy (1989Kivy ( , 1990; Levinson (1990Levinson ( , 1996; London (2001London ( -2002, and Zangwill (2004). In The Descent of Man, Darwin (1871Darwin ( /1902 famously addressed M-E with regard to sexual selection-an idea recently pursued by Miller (2000).…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Does music induce emotion? A theoretical and methodological analysis.

Konečni

2008

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

159

152

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Is music ubiquitous in part because it is causally linked to emotion? In this article, a comprehensive theoretical and methodological reevaluation is presented of a classical problem: The direct induction of emotion by music (M3 E). The author's Prototypical Emotion-Episode Model (PEEM) is used in the conceptual critique. A close scrutiny of the major published studies, and the author's new data regarding some substantive and methodological issues in several of these, reveal weak support for the M3 E model. The conclusion seems justified that music may induce low-grade basic emotions through mediators, such as dance and cognitive associations to real-world events. However, it is suggested-on the basis of the recently developed Aesthetic Trinity Theory (ATT; Konečni, 2005) and its further development in the present article-that being moved and aesthetic awe, often accompanied by thrills, may be the most genuine and profound music-related emotional states.

show abstract

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Does music induce emotion? A theoretical and methodological analysis.

Konečni

2008

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

159

152

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…In particular, these theories are objectionable on the grounds that essential features of emotion preclude such essential relations between music and emotion. 3 Yet to argue against various specific emotion theories of music, of which there is a large variety, does not address the reasons that draw people to emotion theories. I think that there are two main reasons.…”

Section: The Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Music, Metaphor, and Emotion

Zangwill

2007

J Aesth Art Crit

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…4), Stephen Davies (, chap. 1), and Nick Zangwill (). (Other than Zangwill, all of these thinkers are “enhanced formalists,” on which, see note 14, below.)…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Is akantianMusical Formalism Possible?

Mulherin

2016

The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In this article, I consider whether a suitably stripped‐down version of Kant's aesthetic theory could nevertheless provide philosophical foundations for musical formalism. I begin by distinguishing between formalism as a view about the nature of music and formalism as an approach to music criticism, arguing that Kant's aesthetics only rules out the former. Then, using an example from the work of musicologist and composer Edward T. Cone, I isolate the characteristics of formalist music criticism. With this characterization in mind, I conclude by showing that even if Kant's aesthetic theory is reduced to its most fundamental claims, the logic of formalist music criticism precludes its practice within even a kantian perspective.

show abstract

Against Emotion: Hanslick Was Right About Music

Cited by 26 publications

References 0 publications

Does music induce emotion? A theoretical and methodological analysis.

Does music induce emotion? A theoretical and methodological analysis.

Music, Metaphor, and Emotion

Is akantianMusical Formalism Possible?

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About