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Dionysos Rising: The Birth of Cultural Revolution Out of the Spirit of Music Paperback – March, 1994

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Product Details

  • Paperback: 204 pages
  • Publisher: Ignatius Press; First edition (March 1994)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0898704847
  • ISBN-13: 978-0898704846
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.3 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,788,307 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 starsWhat we know is true but don't want to admit
By Jim on September 15, 2004
Format: Paperback
My difficulty with reading this book the first time as a Yale grad student in 1994 was that I had a conservative worldview when it came to everything but music. I knew deep down inside that Jones was onto something, but I couldn't bring myself to admit it, because I was so close to my music. Now that I am a bit older and have gone back and re-read the book--and now that I am further from adolescence and from my music--I see that what he was saying is on the mark. If you start with a more liberal set of cultural assumptions about culture and the arts, you will disagree with Jones. However, if you have a basic conservative worldview and don't like this book, it's probably because you're going with your heart and not your head.
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4.0 out of 5 starsDrums Keep Pounding Rhythm to the Brain
By A Customer on March 24, 1999
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Jones traces the work and lives of Wagner, Nietzche, Schonberg, and rockers such as Jagger to demonstrate the fall of culture and the rise of rock 'n roll. From the barricades in Dresden in 1849 to Woodstock and the death at Altamont in 1969, Jones shows that classical music and culture did not die a natural death: the demise was plotted by sexual revolutionaries as a direct attack on Christian morality. The Stones said it all: Sympathy for the Devil.
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3.0 out of 5 starsNot as good as "Degenerate Moderns". . .
By David Zampino VINE VOICE on November 21, 2002
Format: Paperback
. . .but important nevertheless.
In his first book, Jones postulated that much of the decay of modernism could be traced to the sinful rationalizations of evil behavior by Freud, Jung, and others. In this volume, Jones tackles the role of modern music in this societal decay. The chapter on Wagner was very good -- although not nearly enough was said about the importance of Wagner's later work (which caused an irreparable break with Nietzche.
The chapters on Nietzche and Schonberg were informative -- but one got the impression that material was being repeated over and over. A bit of editorial direction would have helped here.
When Jones gets into modern pop music, his argument is both strengthened and weakened. Strengthened by the truly uncontrolled behavior of many of today's rock musicians (to say nothing of the lyrics). Weakened in the attempt to lump pretty much ALL jazz and pop into one category -- a serious mistake in my estimation.
All in all, however, a good book -- but not as good as his first.
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5.0 out of 5 starsWell Researched and Though-Provoking
By Michael Smith on April 14, 2009
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A very well researched book and work connecting Wagnerian ideology and modern (and post-modern) music.

Many things are very revealing in this book and made me want to read the source material behind it. If nothing else it piques a much-needed discussion about modern music: what it is and why it isn't simply a matter of taste to dis-approve of it.

While sometimes repetitive (especially during the Schoenberg chapter) Jones does an excellent job of portraying both the composers own ideas and feelings as well as the way in which their music was accepted by the world around them.

All in all, an excellent read especially for those interested in musical history and origins.
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4.0 out of 5 starsJones reaches...and grabs hold of some truths
By Henk on November 10, 2004
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The negative reviewers have a point; Jones' rough-and-ready version of history fails to fill in the gaps of the entire lives of his subjects. However, they too, in their lack of historical comprehension fail to see (the critical) something: that his basic theses, that these revolutionary men (the former reviewers do not even understand this _historical_ term!) had a profound effect on our culture, and were in turn profoundly affected by their vital deviancies, are correct. Shame on them for writing such poor reviews.
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5.0 out of 5 starsE. Michael Jones "Rocks" with truths about music
By Dee Tales on June 1, 2009
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Amazing book--informative and eye opening. You will never think about music or those who have influence in society the same way after this fasciinating read. E. Michael Jones "Rocks" --boldly revealing the truth about the music scene and Post Modernists
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3.0 out of 5 starsLike the sightly-more pandering "Gods Of Waste

An interesting look into the author's psyche - nothing more, nothing less. Like the sightly-more pandering "Gods Of Waste," this book purports to make the connection... Read more

Published on September 13, 2014 by Chris Percy
1.0 out of 5 starsDubious, often derivative and distinctly dated

E. Michael Jones, a once-lapsed Catholic Boomer described by observers as “more Catholic than the Pope”, wrote the controversial ‘Degenerate Moderns’ as an attempt to show that... Read more

Published on October 16, 2009 by mianfei
5.0 out of 5 starsIn response to "A customer"

Not a single example is given for the accusation contained in the first paragraph of this review.
As to the material on the Bacchae - there is no inherent contradiction... Read more

Published on February 22, 2008 by Truth seeker
2.0 out of 5 starsJones really doesn't understand Schoenberg

E. Michael Jones has written much on the problems of modernism and the modern world. Gropius and his cohorts have given us an architecture that is bland in the extreme. Read more

Published on May 26, 2004 by Robert Badger
2.0 out of 5 starsthe end of the world as we know it

Although the first chapter about Wagner was at times fascinating, most of the book is a rather catty rant about rock 'n' roll and jazz which seems to have been the cause, according... Read more

Published on July 26, 2002 by L. M. Lemieux
1.0 out of 5 starsJones' typical fuzzy thinking

A friend of mine encouraged me to read parts of this book because he knew I enjoy critiquing Jones' reasoning and writing. Read more

Published on October 9, 2000

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