Rousseau among the moderns [electronic resource] : music, aesthetics, politics / Julia Simon.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Performance, rhythm, and the constitution of community -- Singing democracy : music and politics -- Rameau and Rousseau on absolute and relative value : the theory/practice problem -- Folk music : authenticity, primitivism, and the uses of roots music -- Rousseau and aesthetic modernity : music's power of redemption.

"Reevaluates Jean-Jacques Rousseau through the lens of music theory to question his contribution to thinking about music as an aesthetic force in social life. Links Rousseau's understanding of concepts in music to the problem of the individual's relationship to the social order"--Provided by publisher.

Description based on print version record.