Max Weber played the piano more than a hundred years ago: Contributions for a contemporary revisiting of Weber’s sociology (of music)
Paula Guerra
Abstract:Music has always been a concern for sociology, and its classic authors attest to this. We begin this article – which is essayistic in nature – with a substantive analysis of this tradition that continues to (re)shape the sociology of music today. Amongst these classics, we would like to highlight its greatest name: Max Weber. In fact, this author developed a long-term analysis of Western music, especially with the advance of rationalisation, somewhat similar to his analyses of the spirit of capitalism and the … Show more
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