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Radiohead is among the few bands in contemporary popular music that have combined considerable commercial success with widely recognized artistic significance. In an epoch in which reflection on technological change is paramount in every discipline and field of research, its connection to music stands out as particularly intriguing. It is precisely this capacity to establish a stimulating and creative relationship with technology that has defined Radiohead's unique aesthetics, unlike other pop-rock bands of the same period. Starting from the philosophical conceptions of technology and artistic technique developed by various thinkers of the 20th century (Adorno, Horkheimer, Anders, Heidegger, and others), this book offers an original philosophical interpretation of Radiohead's musical oeuvre, from the beginning of the band's career to its most recent albums, with a specific focus on the relationships between music, society, technology, and expressivity.

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Stefano Marino is Associate professor of Aesthetics at the University of Bologna. His main research fields are critical theory, hermeneutics, pragmatism, philosophy of music, aesthetics of fashion. He has authored monographs on Adorno, Gadamer, Heidegger, Frank Zappa; he has co-edited volumes and special issues on Kant, Nietzsche, Adorno, Gadamer, Foucault, Shusterman, Pearl Jam, feminism, popular culture, fashion; he has translated into Italian books of Adorno, Gadamer, Korsmeyer, Shusterman. Eleonora Guzzi holds a Degree in Disciplines of Art, Music and Spectacle from the University of Bologna. Her main interests of study and research include music, philosophy, history, web design. She has co authored the book ""La filosofia dei Radiohead"" (2021) with Stefano Marino.

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