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The Hum of the World - A Philosophy of Listening (Hardcover)
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The Hum of the World - A Philosophy of Listening (Hardcover)
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The Hum of the World is an invitation to contemplate what would
happen if we heard the world as attentively as we see it. Balancing
big ideas, playful wit and lyrical prose, this imaginative volume
identifies the role of sound in Western experience as the primary
medium in which the presence and persistence of life acquires
tangible form. The positive experience of aliveness is not merely
in accord with sound, but inaccessible, even inconceivable, without
it. Lawrence Kramer's poetic book roves freely over music, media,
language, philosophy, and science from the ancient world to the
present, along the way revealing how life is apprehended through
sounds ranging from pandemonium to the faint background hum of the
world. This innovative meditation on auditory culture uncovers the
knowledge and pleasure waiting when we learn that the world is
alive with sound.
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