Review: Earworm and Event: Music, Daydreaming, and Other Imaginary Refrains, by Eldritch Priest.

Barry Shank's review of Eldritch Priest's "Earworm and Event" delves into the book's exploration of the nature of thought and perception through the lens of earworms. Priest's work draws on Susanne K. Langer's philosophy to highlight the centrality of feeling to human mentality and the role of music in experiencing abstracted feelings. The review discusses Priest's argument on distracted listening in the context of neoliberal capitalism and suggests a model of resistant distraction inspired by earworms. The text offers a thought-provoking analysis of how music and daydreaming can open up possibilities for alternative ways of living and thinking. [Extracted from the article]

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