Neil Young and Philosophy
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Neil Young and Philosophy, edited by Douglas L. Berger, explores the meanings, importance, and philosophical dimensions of the music, career, and life of this prolific singer/songwriter over the past five decades. Neil Young’s music has touched on a broad range of cultural, political and personal issues, all of which have enormous ongoing relevance for our own times. In order to accommodate Young’s artistic breadth, contributions of scholars from a wide variety of fields-- American philosophy, ethics, American Indian philosophy, feminist philosophy, psychology, philosophy of mind and religious studies--are included in this collection. They examine everything from Young’s environmentalism, invocation of American Indian themes, images of women, and interpretations of human relationships to his confrontations with the music industry, his experiments with recording technologies, his approach to social change, and his methods of creativity. The book builds on the fundamental commitment of the Philosophy and Popular Culture series to see the artist as a philosopher. Cover Image Courtesy of Jared Sizer Neil Young and Philosophy Series Page Neil Young and Philosophy Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Primal and Spontaneous Verse One: Authenticity as Spontaneity Chorus: Authentically Technological Solo: The Cult of Aura Verse Two: Recording Spontaneity Chorus: Authenticity beyond Individuality Extended Solo: Authenticity as Audio Verité Verse Two Reprise: Beatles or Stones? Extended Solo: A Dyad of Dyads Chorus: Against Perfection Second Extended Solo: “Third Best Garage Band in the World” Coda: Fade Out Notes Bibliography Chapter 2 Neil Young and Creativity Notes Bibliography Chapter 3 Lawsuits, Master Narratives, and Artistic Commodification Distinguishing between “Important” and “Popular” Music Focus on Failure What are the “Geffen Years” in the “Usual” Versions of the Neil Young Story? The Geffen Years: How the Story of the Lawsuit Is Told The Lawsuit Data The Upside The Business of Music:—On “Selling Out:” Commodification, and Young as the Ethical artist Selling Out in the Post-Commodification Era The Geffen Years in Fuller Context: Young, His Story, and the Story of His Story Notes Bibliography Chapter 4 Extended Mind and the Music of Trans Extended Mind Examples of Cognitive Extension Normal, Natural How Wide the Mind? Classic or Alternative? Notes Bibliography Chapter 5 Neil Young: Lover of Sun, Moon and Cars Notes Bibliography Chapter 6 Neil Young and American Indians: Politics, Lyrics, and Authenticity Notes Bibliography Chapter 7 Memory and Relationships in the Work and Music of Neil Young Formative Experiences from Polio to the Buffalo Springfield Relationships and Memory—the Legacy of Crazy Horse Growing Older and the Dimming of the Past Notes Bibliography Chapter 8 Images of Women in the Music and Life of Neil Young Women in Song: An Analysis Using Hoagland Women in Real Life Notes Bibliography Chapter 9 Neil Young’s Search for the Simple Life The Simple Life Loneliness, Longevity, and Love Knowledge, Simplicity, and Happiness Reappraising the Criticism Freudian Psychoanalysis and Attachment Theory Inner Conflict, Avoidance, and Authenticity The Good Life Conclusion Notes Bibliography Chapter 10 Listening with Neil’s Vulnerable Voice and the Ethics of Care Care Ethics (Briefly) Explained Neil and Listening Neil’s Voice and Listening-With Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index Contributors
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