Abstract
This document discusses the concept of progress and critiques the use of music in various contexts, including military operations and societal control, referencing authors like Claude Lévi-Strauss, Edgar Morin, and Albert Jacquard.
Extract
[...] According to the authors, on what is the opposition between classical music and popular music based? The two texts have a common problem of the negative image of popular music. It is devoid of any positive essence according to Byrne and is qualified as « divertissement musical non sérieux according to Portis. Concerning Byrne, he bases his reflection on the thought of Kant, while Portis prefers to consider it in a social context but does not refer to classical music in his text. [...]
[...] Important elements in the text: « (?), Instead of opening a new universe, my adventurous life brought back the old, On the road in lands that few eyes had contemplated, so that I could go back in time for millennia, I no longer saw either the one or the other, but fleeting visions of the French countryside that I had denied 2 Claude Lévi-Strauss, Tristes tropiques, Ninth part. The return, XXXVII. The apotheosis of August. Edition Plon On the way to distant lands, Lévi-Strauss wonders if he has not wanted to return to himself, to the world of his past that he had denied. Question 3 After reading this excerpt from the article: 1. What are the corresponding keywords in the list below? Évacuer les tensions - Bretons - lewd song - funerals - melting pot - typical evening. 2. [...]
[...] At a rate of three to four daily concerts, their orchestras offer a musical melting pot for the wounded, the civilian population, or officers. This social and cultural mix heralds the new modernity of the post-war period. Question 4 After reading this text, you will answer the following questions : 1. What is the nature of this document : informative, of opinion or literary ? 2. What is the issue of this text? In this text, the issue concerns the police and military uses of sound. [...]
[...] Both agree on the catastrophic finality of blindly seeking comfort and pleasure. On the one hand, Morin denounces an artificial technocracy that negatively impacts our way of life and reduces the promised benefits to oblivion. On the other hand, Jacquard, despite recognizing the benefits of technology, denounces the long-term ecological consequences on our planet. However, document dating from 2010, confirms on the one hand the human enslavement to technological progress, to the search for pleasure, and on the other hand, its dangers for our planet, as mentioned by Jacquard. [...]
[...] Examples of formulas in the text3 : - « Sound belongs first to those weapons that relate to a behavioralist conception of maintaining order: it has the advantage of modifying behavior without killing. [ . ] - « The individual becomes obedient without even realizing it. - « The sound, also, hygienizes and cleans. - « It cleans the caves in which the Iraqi enemies hide so that they can be better killed by American planes. - It clears the public space of these unwanted elements,? - « hygienizes the quays of the station,? - « ? a dull music that is supposed to be very unpleasant for the "youths"? [...]
