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Andrew Bowie

Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and German, Royal Holloway University of London, and a jazz saxophonist. He is the author of Music, Philosophy, and Modernity (Cambridge University Press 2007) and Aesthetic Dimensions of Modern Philosophy, forthcoming in March 2022 with Oxford University Press.

Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and German, Royal Holloway University of London, and a jazz saxophonist. His main work on music is Music, Philosophy, and Modernity (Cambridge University Press 2007); his Aesthetic Dimensions of Modern Philosophy will appear in March 2022 and Theodor W. Adorno: A Very Short Introduction in May 2022, both with Oxford University Press.

Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and German, Royal Holloway University of London, and a jazz saxophonist. His main work on music is Music, Philosophy, and Modernity (Cambridge University Press 2007); his Aesthetic Dimensions of Modern Philosophy will appear in March 2022 and Theodor W. Adorno: A Very Short Introduction in May 2022, both with Oxford University Press.

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