Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Edward S. Casey -- Prologue -- Part I. Music, ecstasy, the body -- Music, the body, existence -- Splitting of sacred from secular? -- Where are we? Locations and dis-locations -- Breaking the trance of mentalism -- Lingering afterword -- Part II. Music, art, science, genius -- Fugal strands to be woven -- The United States : experimental nation -- Music of science, thought, and the body -- The mind of music -- Final benediction : ritual as music.

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In this capstone work of his career, Bruce W. Wilshire builds on William James's concept of the much-at-once to develop a holistic philosophy of the experiencing body, giving special attention to the importance of music, and engaging a rich array of thinkers and composers ranging from Jefferson and James to Beethoven and Mahler.

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