Gemma Corradi Fiumara

The Other Side of Language

A Philosophy of Listening

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Our philosophy is grounded in only half a language, in which the power of discourse is deployed and the strength of listening ignored. We are inhabitants of a culture that knows how to speak but not how to listen, so we constantly mistake warring monologues for genuine dialogue. In this remarkable book, Gemma Corradi Fiumara seeks to redress that balance by examining the other side of language - listening. Synthesising the insights of Wittgenstein, Heidegger and Gadamer, among many others, she puts forward a powerful argument for the replacement of the silent' silence of traditional Western thought with the rich openness of an authentic listening.

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Fiumara seeks to redress an imbalance in our culture and our philosophy - an imbalance caused by our neglect of the `listening' side of language in favour of the power of discourse.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 1990
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 153mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 349g
• ISBN-13: 9780415026215
• ISBN-10: 0415026210
• Artikelnr.: 22022489

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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

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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;

Rezensionen

'The delicate but ... 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, University of Chicago

'The delicate but ... 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, University of Chicago