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Music, cosmology, and the politics of harmony in early China /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brindley, Erica, 1971-
Format: Book
Language:English
Chinese
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2012]
Series:SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
Subjects:
Music > Political aspects > China > History.
Music > Social aspects > China > History.
Music > Philosophy and aesthetics.
China > History > Zhou dynasty, 1122-221 B.C.
China > History > Qin dynasty, 221-207 B.C.
China > History > Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.
Table of Contents:
  • Music in state order and cosmic rulership
  • A civilizing force for imperial rule
  • Regulating sound and the cosmos
  • Music and the emergence of a psychology of the emotions
  • Sagely attunement to the cosmos
  • Music and medicine.