How far can the relationship between music and politics be used to promote a more peaceful world? That is the central question which motivates this challenging new work. Combining theory from renowned academics with compelling stories from engaged musicians, the book also includes an exclusive interview with folk legend Pete Seeger. In each instance, practical and theoretical perspectives have been combined in order to explore music's role in conflict transformation.

The book is divided into four sections. The first, "Frameworks," reflects in-depth on the connections between... Read more about this book.

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Olivier Urbain is Research Fellow at the Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research in Tokyo, an amateur blues pianist and the author of many scholarly articles in the fields of literature, the arts, and peace studies.