Skryabin, Philosophy and the Music of Desire
- Author: Smith, Kenneth M.
Kenneth Smith superbly brings together philosophical and psychoanalytical approaches to Scriabin's music. ... It is an important book for a music scholar or a performer alike who wants to truly... — More…
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Contents
- Contents: Introduction: Skryabin, philosophy and the music of desire
- Desire, creativity and gender polarity in the compositional explosion of 1903
- The hidden breakdown of masculinity: an appointment with Sister Death
- Towards the flame: panpsychism, theosophy and hyper-subjectivity
- An incorrigible mystic? Skryabin the dialectical materialist, Lacan's 'graph of desire' and Le Poeme de l'extase
- Level IV: the real drive and Skryabin's mystic 'chora'
- Bibliography
- Index.