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- Title
"The Whole City Must Never Cease Singing": Plato and The Community of The Musical Nomos.
- Authors
Vassilev, Christian; Devedjiev, Emil
- Abstract
This paper explores the fundamental tenets of Plato's philosophy of education, particularly his views on a practice of great educational potential: communal musical participation. According to Plato, music can attune the individual and the community to cosmic harmony and this, in turn, is the only way to form and maintain a community. The paper explores how the concepts of ethos and nomos are utilized to explain music's role in community cohesion. It argues that Plato's understanding of the power of immediate and pre-reflective participation in music can provide valuable insight for contemporary philosophy of music education. The concept of nomos, in particular, allows music educators to take this frame of thought to better understand the role of music in creating communities.
- Subjects
PLATO, 428-347 B.C.; PHILOSOPHY of education; MUSIC teachers; MUSIC education; MUSICAL aesthetics; COMMUNITY music
- Publication
Philosophy of Music Education Review, 2024, Vol 32, Issue 1, p46
- ISSN
1063-5734
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2979/pme.00006