0 a detailed discussion or explanation of a subject, which is separate from the main subject that is being written or talked about: --
Before discussing this a short historical excursus will be necessary to explain how it all came about.
If anything, that short excursus from our debate reminds us of the importance of the subject.
I would like for a moment to make an excursus into an analogical historical survey.
He then made a little excursus on the general history of housing.
My noble friend has tempted me into that excursus.
I say this, first, with a short excursus on our history of marriage.
Each chapter then follows a pattern of: encounter - historical/theoretical excursus - profile of a musician - aesthetic issue - profile of an ethnomusicologist - ethnographic present and popular music.
The case studies offered in support of a particular theoretical position frequently do not match up to the claims made about them in the preceding theoretical excursus.
In the midst of these concerns, he places an excursus on truth.
