{"product_id":"2026100009535-secondhand-parallels-and-paradoxes-explorations-in-music-and-society-signed","title":"Parallels And Paradoxes: Explorations In Music And Society (SIGNED)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Very good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Signed with inscription\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Inscribed by Edward W. Said\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when two of the twentieth century's most formidable intellectual and artistic minds sit down together to talk about music, politics, and the human condition? Parallels and Paradoxes: Explorations in Music and Society chronicles a series of wide-ranging conversations between the legendary conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim and the towering Palestinian-American literary critic Edward W. Said — a dialogue that crackles with curiosity, candour, and profound mutual respect. Edited and prefaced by Ara Guzelimian, these exchanges range from the architecture of a Beethoven symphony to the politics of identity, from the responsibilities of the performing artist to the nature of musical interpretation, weaving together the worlds of classical music and contemporary social thought with remarkable fluency.\n\nThe book stands as a testament to the transformative power of genuine intellectual friendship, presenting ideas that challenge comfortable assumptions about art, culture, nationalism, and the role of music in a fractured world. Said's incisive postcolonial lens meets Barenboim's deep, experiential understanding of the Western musical canon, and the friction — as much as the harmony — between their perspectives is what makes this volume so enduringly vital. Readers drawn to the intersection of aesthetics and politics will find themselves returning to these pages long after the final conversation ends, asking whether music truly can, as both men believed, serve as a bridge across the world's most intractable divides.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203180241115,"sku":"2026100009535-SECONDHAND","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/df167694-b4f8-4140-8f01-cb82b157c357.png?v=1788144987","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009535-secondhand-parallels-and-paradoxes-explorations-in-music-and-society-signed","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}