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Freedman Robert <1960-> |
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Rush : life, liberty and the pursuit of excellence / / Robert Freedman |
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New York : , : Algora Publishing, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (178 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Rock music - History and criticism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Foreword; Preface; Introduction: Clear Enough; The ABCs of the Peart effect; What it's all about: personal stewardship; _GoBack; Chapter 1. And the World Is Set in Motion ; No excuse to get wild; Making sense of existential absurdity; From Aristotle to Locke to Rand to Rush; Pardon my reaction; Chapter 2. Individualism: Some Geddit, Some Don't; With friends like these . . .; Not only are they right wing, but they're fascist; Left as much as right; Peart's chance at rebuttal; The Randian thing: Guilty as charged; Rush has girls on its mind, too; Just awesome rock to me, Dude |
A model of moral coherency'What you do is your own glory'; Outliers; Chapter 3. Armed with Sense and Liberty; Now that we have your attention . . . ; 'Tom Sawyer' as libertarian anthem; No end to the thread ; Chapter 4. Individualism: It's Not Just About You, You Know; Respecting the sovereignty of others; From standing alone to walking together; Allegories of cooperation; Playing what we're dealt; Close, but not succumbing, to despair; Chapter 5. The Voice of Gawd; Rush is on the job; 'Faith is a higher faculty than reason'; Parable over commentary; Reason and faith must be reconciled |
Chapter 6. The Cask of '43 Mythmakers of a generation; Not yet ready to exit the lighted stage; A band's evolutionary arc; The Cask of '43; Appendices; Appendix I. Rush as Religion, Metaphysics, Ethics, Physicalism, Economics, Psychology, Sociology, Political Commentary-and Music; 1. Rush Music: Spontaneous as a Baroque Jam Session; Why Rush Isn't cool; 2. Plato: 'Rush Non in Forma Petra Musica'; Applying |
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Plato's Ideal Forms to Rush; 3. The Trees: More Than Meets the Eye?; Is Rush criticizing government quotas?; 4. Rush's Rosier Shade of Reality; Forget Freud. Go to your happy place. |
5. Rush's Table of VirtuesAristotle forgot a few virtues, but Rush knows what they are; 6. The 'Rand'omness of Rush's Libertarianism; For the last time, Rush isn't that libertarian; 7. Is Rush Helping Humanism Out-Maneuver Religion?; The short answer is yes.; 8. It's Just Chemistry: Rush Try to Make Sense of Reality; Don't let language get in the way of understanding; 9. Philosophy of Mind Has a Headache; Cygnus Has Aspirin ; Are we mind or body? Yes; Appendix II. Meaning of Rush's Clockwork Angels Runes; Bibliography |
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Rush is often referred to as a libertarian rock band, but really what the band is channeling is an Aristotelian individualism, a philosophy that strongly resonates with today''s 40-somethings. This helps explain the band''s resurgence in popularity, culminating in its 2013 induction in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. |
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