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Attali’s Clumsy Excuse for the Existence of Musicians

josquindespair | March 2, 2019March 2, 2019
Attali’s Clumsy Excuse for the Existence of Musicians

In repetition, then, music is no longer anything more than a slightly clumsy excuse for the existence of musicians, who are theorists and ideologues—just as the economy becomes the excuse, gradually forgotten, for the power of the technocrats.

Noise: The Political Economy of Music

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