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Musicophilia

by Oliver Sacks

2020-11-20 13:53:10

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La musique peut nous émouvoir, nous inciter à danser, ou nous rendre tristes et nostalgiques. Quand on est un neurologue aussi compétent qu''Oliver Sacks, et surtout mélomane de longue date, comment peut-on comprendre et décrire ce pouvoir ? Plu... Read more
La musique peut nous émouvoir, nous inciter à danser, ou nous rendre tristes et nostalgiques. Quand on est un neurologue aussi compétent qu''Oliver Sacks, et surtout mélomane de longue date, comment peut-on comprendre et décrire ce pouvoir ? Plus d''aires cérébrales sont affectées au traitement de la musique qu''à celui du langage : l''homme est donc véritablement une espèce musicale. Et c''est en déployant une galerie de portraits - du chirurgien devenu pianiste après avoir été frappé par la foudre au frère manchot de Wittgenstein, en passant par les handicapés mentaux mélomanes - que l''auteur questionne les rapports du cerveau et de la musique.Notre dimension musicale est ici décrite dans son étendue et sa profondeur, d''un point de vue scientifique, philosophique, et spirituel. Less

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File size8 X 5.2 X 1.1 in
Print pages448
PublisherKnopf Canada
Publication date September 23, 2008
Languageeng
ISBN9780307267917
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Oliver Sacks
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Oliver Sacks was a physician, writer, and professor of neurology. Born in London in 1933, he moved to New York City in 1965, where he launched his medical career and began writing case studies of his ...

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