Bücher der Reihe Numanities - Arts and Humanities in Progress

This edited book covers many topics in musicological literature, gathering various approaches to music studies that encapsulate the vivid relation music has to society. Depending on the type of society, music may have a certain "meaning" or "function" (music does not mean the same thing everywhere in the world).

The book aims to introduce a research concept called "Numanities", as one possible attempt to overcome the current scientific, social and institutional crisis of the humanities. Such crisis involves their impact on, and role within, society;