Spotlight on "Degenerate" Music: A Conversation on "Middle Class Panic" and the Arts
Music and Global Politics by Adam J Sacks
Episode notes
Please tune in for this conversation with cultural historian Dr Jon Gentry on "degenerate music," what it is - what it means and why it matters! Perhaps more familiar as "middle class panic" against "dangerous" popular music like the backlash against Hip Hop in the 90s, this is a history that reaches back to Darwin and the 19th Century. Taking a term from biology, inserting it into politics and then using it to police the arts has had fateful consequences for the evolution of music and popular culture. Don't forget to like and subscribe and please leave any and all comments and feedback!
Keywords
WagnerOperaNaziDegenerate MusicHitlerJewsHip-HopAvant GardeDarwinEugenicsFascismAestheticsMusic