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Record Nr.

UNINA9910959945403321

Autore

Nancy Jean-Luc

Titolo

Listening / / Jean-Luc Nancy ; translated by Charlotte Mandell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Fordham University Press, c2007

ISBN

0-8232-5982-X

0-8232-2774-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (103 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MandellCharlotte

Disciplina

128/.4

Soggetti

Listening (Philosophy)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The two final essays, "How music listens to itself" and "March in spirit in our ranks," have been added by the author for the English-language edition"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-85).

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Translator's Note; Listening; "March in Spirit in Our Ranks"; How Music Listens to Itself; Notes

Sommario/riassunto

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, écouter, 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 cann