From our first social bonding as infants to the funeral rites that mark our passing, music plays an important role in our lives, bringing us closer to one another. In�The Music between
Us, philosopher Kathleen Marie Higgins investigates this role, examining the features of human perception that enable music's uncanny ability to provoke, despite its myriad forms
across continents and throughout centuries, the sense of a shared human experience.
��������������� Drawing on disciplines such as philosophy, psychology, musicology, linguistics, and anthropology, Higgins's richly researched study showcases the ways music is used in
rituals, education, work, healing, and as a source of security and��erhaps most importantly��oy. By participating so integrally in such meaningful facets of society, Higgins argues, music
situates itself as one of the most fundamental bridges between people, a truly cross-cultural form of communication that can create solidarity across political divides. Moving beyond the
well-worn takes on music's universality,�The Music between Us�provides a new understanding of what it means to be musical and, in turn, human.�
