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Breaking the Silence: Music's Role in Political Thought and Action
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This paper explored the connection between politics and music and proposed a framework to make sense of, and give due weight to, the place of music as organised sound in political thought and action.Abstract:
This article explores the connection between politics and music; in particular it asks how music might be incorporated into accounts of political thought and action. Despite the fact that political science has tended to neglect the place of music in politics, there are a number of writers, such as Jean‐Jacques Rousseau, who have taken a different course. For them, music is intimately linked, via its aesthetics, to ethical judgements and to social order. The article develops these latter claims and connects them to work of a similar kind in music studies to propose a framework which helps to make sense of, and give due weight to, the place of music – as organised sound – in political thought and action. Music, it is argued, should not be viewed just as a footnote to, or appendage of, political thought and action, but rather as an integral feature of them.read more
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Direct And Public Incitement To Commit Genocide: Lessons From The International Criminal Tribunal For Rwanda
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the distinction between incitement and legitimate expression can be identified by examining the content and purpose of the speech to find whether the speech intended to inform or provoke, thereby distinguishing between informative statements and opinions, and examining whether speech had the required persuasive force to incite acts of genocide through an analysis of the influence of the speaker, the seriousness of the message and the speech as a whole.
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The Discursive Role of Music in African Elections: A Perspective From Zambia
TL;DR: In Africa, music remains the arena where the commingling of political and artistic expressions has thrived, even in countries with high levels of control and censorship as discussed by the authors, and this blend of music and politics is perhaps most evident in the modern era where music is increasingly being used for political messaging during election campaigns.
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Majaivana and Protest Music in Zimbabwe: A Challenge to Political Hegemony and Marginalization
TL;DR: In this article, a critical discourse analysis of the IsiNdebele language protest music as a socio-political commentary and "weapon of the weak" for the Ndebeles in Zimbabwe is presented.
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George Harrison and the Concert for Bangladesh: When Rock Music Forever Fused with Politics on a World Stage
TL;DR: The Concert for Bangladesh as discussed by the authors was one of the seminal events in the history of popular music, politics, and humanitarian aid, which was organized by former Beatle George Harrison, reflecting New Left political leanings.
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Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
TL;DR: In this paper, Anderson examines the creation and global spread of the 'imagined communities' of nationality and explores the processes that created these communities: the territorialisation of religious faiths, the decline of antique kingship, the interaction between capitalism and print, the development of vernacular languages-of-state, and changing conceptions of time.
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A thousand plateaus : capitalism and schizophrenia
TL;DR: In this paper, a translation of the poem "The Pleasures of Philosophy" is presented, with a discussion of concrete rules and abstract machines in the context of art and philosophy.
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Imagined communities: Reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism
TL;DR: In this paper, Imagined communities: Reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism are discussed. And the history of European ideas: Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 721-722.
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The Closing of the American Mind
TL;DR: The closing of the American mind as discussed by the authors is one of the best-sellers in history, and Bloom's sweeping analysis is essential to understanding America today, and it has fired the imagination of a public ripe for change.
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Music in Everyday Life
TL;DR: Music in Everyday Life as mentioned in this paper uses a series of ethnographic studies - an aerobics class, karaoke evenings, music therapy sessions and the use of background music in the retail sector - as well as in-depth interviews to show how music is a constitutive feature of human agency.