Listening [electronic resource].
Luc Nancy, Jean.
Mandell, Charlotte.
Bronx : Fordham University Press,
2007.
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
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Translator's Note; Listening; "March in Spirit in Our Ranks"; How Music Listens to Itself; Notes
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
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
Listening (Philosophy).
Listening.
Philosophy.
Listening (Philosophy)
Philosophy & Religion
Philosophy