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Listening

  • Paperback
  • 100 pages
  • Publisher: Fordham University Press
  • 13.3 x 21.4 x 1.6 cm

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For those seeking deeper understanding of sound.

"Listening" helps you grasp the art of true listening.

You will connect more deeply with music and others.

Discover the deep connection between sound and the human experience in Jean-Luc Nancy's thoughtful exploration of listening.

In this lyrical meditation on listening, Jean-Luc Nancy examines sound in relation to the human body. How is listening different from hearing? What does listening entail? How does what is heard differ from what is seen? Can philosophy even address listening, couter, as opposed to entendre, which means both hearing and understanding?Unlike the visual arts, sound produces effects that persist long after it has stopped. The body, Nancy says, is itself like an echo chamber, responding to music by inner vibrations as well as outer attentiveness. Since the ear has no eyelid(Quignard), sound cannot be blocked out or ignored: our whole being is involved in listening, just as it is involved in interpreting what it hears.The mystery of music and of its effects on the listener is subtly examined. Nancy's skill as a philosopher is to bring the reader companionably along with him as he examines these fresh and vital questions; by the end of the book the reader feels as if listening very carefully to a person talking quietly, close to the ear.
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  • Title

    Listening

  • Author

    Jean-Luc Nancy

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Fordham University Press

  • Published

    May 2007

  • Weight

    137g

  • Page Count

    100

  • Dimensions

    13.3 x 21.4 x 1.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9780823227730

  • ISBN-10

    0823227731

  • Eden Code

    4585576

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