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The Other Side of Language : A Philosophy of Listening

A Philosophy of Listening

By: Gemma Corradi Fiumara

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Hardcover | 1 September 1990 | Edition Number 1

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240 Pages

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21.59 x 13.97 x 1.42

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Our philosophy is grounded in only half a language, in which the power of discourse is deployed whilst the strength of listening is ignored. We inhabit a culture that knows how to speak but not how to listen; so we mistake warring monologues for genuine dialogue.Western philosophies have consistently endowed expressive language with the power of communication, reducing the unspeaking, non-expressive Other to a void. In this remarkable book, Gemma Corradi Fiumara redresses the balance by looking at the other side of language--listening. Synthesizing the insights of Wittgenstein, Heidegger and Gadamer, among many others, she puts forward a powerful argument for the replacement of "silent" silence of Western thought with the rich openness of an authentic listening.

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