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Ritual, Representation, and Noise: On Attali’s Political Economy of Music

  • The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art
  • Abbr : JASA
  • 2022, 66(), pp.42-63
  • DOI : 10.17527/JASA.66.0.02
  • Publisher : 한국미학예술학회
  • Research Area : Arts and Kinesiology > Other Arts and Kinesiology
  • Received : April 15, 2022
  • Accepted : May 13, 2022
  • Published : June 30, 2022

Yu-Jun Choi 1

1전남대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

In this essay, I explore the issue of music and politics with the political-economic context of Western music history by using Jacques Attali’s early work, Noise: Political Economy of Music, as the main text. And I attempt to expand its interpretive scope so that this can be applied to current musical problems. Attali divided the development of Western music history in the context of political economy, along with his unique view of the ritual and the “prophetic” character of music, into four stages; sacrificing, representing, repeating, and composing. This stratification of musical history enables a new genealogical and archaeological approach to music history. However, critical reading is required since Attali describes the transition process of music history as somewhat teleological. This essay will elucidate how the codes and networks set by Attali based on the idea of “politics of noise in Western music history” can be a useful reference to explore various strata of global music history, including Korean music, while also presenting the need for postcolonial criticism of Attali’s discussion.

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