Anti-music : jazz and racial Blackness in German thought between the Wars / Mark Christian Thompson.

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Mark Christian, 1970- author.

Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2018]

Series:

SUNY series, philosophy and race.
Suny series: philosophy and race

Format/Description:

Book
xxvi, 200 pages ; 24 cm.

Subjects:

Philosophy, German -- 20th century.
Jazz -- Germany -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Blacks -- Race identity -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.

Contents:

German jazz and the metronome of race
The jazz paradox: race and totalitarian politics in German jazz reception
The jazz machine: Brecht and the politics of jazz
The monkey's trick: Herman Hesse and the music of decline
The music of fascism: Adorno on jazz
Jazz-Heinis: Klaus Mann and jazz ontology.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438469874
143846987X
9781438469881

OCLC:

1009295481

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