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This volume focuses on the collective wisdom of Asian philosophies and their implications for music education. All twenty chapters are written by highly regarded philosophers and music educators steeped in various Asian traditions. These chapters will include an explanation of a prominent philosophical tradition, evidence in a contemporary music teaching and learning settings (including its inception and historical development along with an explanation of how the philosophical tradition works in contemporary music education), and suggestions for potential directions in the near and distant future.
List of contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- 1. Introduction: Charting a New Silk Road for Music Education
- C. Victor Fung and Leonard Tan
- Section I: Chinese Philosophical Traditions
- 2. Philosophy of Music Education in Early China: Confucian Perspectives
- Hailin Xiu (translated by C. Victor Fung)
- 3. Philosophy of Music Education in Modern and Contemporary China
- Hailin Xiu (translated by C. Victor Fung)
- 4. Progress and Development of Philosophy of Music Education in China since the Twentieth Century
- Yaohua Wang and Xiaoli Guo (translated by Hongmei Dou)
- 5. Qin: Musical Transmission of the Dao
- Mingmei Yip
- 6. On Daoist Philosophies of Music: Laozi and Zhuangzi
- Mengchen Lu and Leonard Tan
- 7. Music for Non-Music's Sake: The Utilitarian Values of Music in Education in Taiwan
- Mei-Ling Lai and Jui-Ching Wang
- Section II: Japanese and Korean Philosophical Traditions
- 8. Confucianism in Korean Traditional Music: Music of Joseon Period (1392-1910)
- Yong Hee Kim
- 9. Originality from Cultural Boundary: Assimilation and Reconstruction of Music Education in Korea
- So Jeong Park
- 10. The Concept of Soundscape as a Bridge between the East and the West
- Tadahiko Imada
- Section III: South and Southeast Asian Philosophical Traditions
- 11. Philosophical Insights from Phra Chao Yu Hua: His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand
- Krit Niramittham
- 12. Taksu in Balinese Music
- I Wayan Dibia
- 13. Memayu Hayuning Bawana: A Javanese Philosophy of Living with Implications for Music Education
- Henry Susanto Pranoto
- 14. Sensory Imbibing, Indian Philosophy, and Vedic Metal: Implications for Music Education
- Eugene Dairianathan
- 15. Respect for Knowledge and Guru in Contemporary Music Education
- Seetha Lakshmi
- Section IV: Islamic and The Middle Eastern Philosophical Traditions
- 16. Learning to Perform Music in the Hadhrami Arab Community
- Larry Francis Hilarian
- 17. Nâ-Kojâ-Abâd: The Place of Iranian Music Education in Suhrawardi's Light-of-Lights
- Nasim Niknafs
- 18. Historical, Philosophical, Educational Thought and the Music of the Turks
- N. Oya Levendoglu (translated by Steven Jones)
- Section V: A New Silk Road in Music Education
- 19. Boundary-crossing from a Perspective of "-ness": Toward Boundarylessness in Music Education Philosophy
- C. Victor Fung and Danxu Ma
- 20. Trading Ideas on A New Silk Road: Toward Multicultural Philosophies of Music Education
- Leonard Tan and C. Victor Fung
About the author
C. Victor Fung is Professor of Music Education at the University of South Florida. He is author of A Way of Music Education (2018), co-author of Music for Life (2016) and Music, Senior Centers, and Quality of Life (2023), and co-editor of Meanings of Music Participation (2023), and he has written various book chapters and journal articles. He was a Fulbright Researcher in Japan and a board member for the College Music Society, Florida Music Education Association, and International Society for Music Education.
Leonard Tan is Associate Professor of Music at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has authored more than 50 publications and serves/has served on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Research in Music Education, Philosophy of Music Education Review, International Journal of Music Education, Music Educators' Journal, and Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory.
