This collection brings together philosophers, sociologists, musicologists and students of culture who theorize music through cultural practices as diverse as op
Sociologists have always been fascinated with music. In one way or another they have encountered music as an important social force in its own right, as an acco
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the publi
Active at the time when the social sciences were founded, Max Weber's social theory contributed significantly to a wide range of fields and disciplines. Conside
The Routledge Reader on the Sociology of Music offers the first collection of source readings and new essays on the latest thinking in the sociology of music. I