The Other Side of Language: A Philosophy of Listening

ISBN-13: 9780415049276 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 240 str.

Gemma Corradi Fiumara; Gemma Fiumara; C. Fiumara Gemma

Opis

This study argues that our philosophy is grounded in only half a language, in which the power of discourse is deployed and the strength of listening ignored, that we are inhabitants of a culture that knows how to speak but not how to listen and so we constantly mistake warring monologues for genuine dialogue. It seeks to redress that balance by examining the other side of language - listening. Synthesising the insights of Wittgenstein, Heidegger and Gadamer, among many others, an argument is put forward for the replacement of the silent silence of traditional Western thought with the rich openness of an authentic listening.

Recenzje

'The delicate but ... very sure-footed sensibility and psychological penetration of the author ... wins from a thoroughly rigorous philosophical analysis a host of ideas and suggestions for a philosophy of life and even for psychology itself - a rare combination.' - Brian McGuinness

'This vast project shows a rare mastery in the domain of linguistic philosophy and especially in the area of encounter between analytic philosophy and hermeneutics.' - Paul Ricoeur

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Towards a fuller understanding of logos; Chapter 2 The logocentric system of culture; Chapter 3 A philosophy of listening within a tradition of questioning; Chapter 4 The power of discourse and the strength of listening; Chapter 5 Listening to philosophical tradition; Chapter 6 The philosophical problem of benumbment; Chapter 7 Silence and listening; Chapter 8 Dialogic interaction and listening; Chapter 9 On inner listening; Chapter 10 Midwifery and philosophy; Chapter 11 Paths of listening; Chapter 12 The philosophy of listening: an evolutionary approach; Notes; Bibliography Index; Name Index;

O autorze

Gemma Corradi Fiumara took her B.A. degree at Barnard College of Columbia University where she studied as a Fulbright scholar. She is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Third University of Rome and a full member of the International Psychoanalytical Association. She is the author of Philosophy and Coexistence, The Symbolic Function: Psychoanalysis and the Philosophy of Language, and most recently The Metaphoric Process: Connections between Language and Life (Routledge, 1995).