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Unlock the profound relationship between sound, science, and culture with 'Reason and Resonance' - an essential read for anyone intrigued by the evolution of auditory perception. This groundbreaking trade paperback, published by Zone Books in 2014, challenges the notion that hearing is a lesser sense compared to sight, weaving together the rich tapestry of history and philosophy that positions the ear at the forefront of modern rationality. Dive into a compelling narrative that explores how the sympathetic resonance between air vibrations and the inner ear not only shapes our auditory experience but also influences thought and understanding.
Discover the intricate dynamics of aurality through a captivating series of case studies spotlighting influential figures such as Claude Perrault, Wilhelm Heinse, and Hermann von Helmholtz. Each chapter delves into how the intertwining of resonance and reason has sculpted our comprehension of sound and its pivotal role in shaping human knowledge. This book is a vital resource for students, educators, and enthusiasts of philosophy, music theory, and physiology.
Embrace the intellectual journey that 'Reason and Resonance' presents, bridging the gap between the emotional and the rational, illuminating the complex landscape of hearing in today's world. Order now to deepen your understanding of modern culture and auditory cognition, with free shipping available. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781935408055
Format: Trade Paperback (US)
Year: 2014
Publisher: Zone Books
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781935408055
Format: Trade paperback (US)
Year: 2014
Publisher: Zone Books
Description:
How the ear came to play a central role in modern culture and rationality.
Hearing has traditionally been regarded as the second sense-as somehow less rational and less modern than the first sense, sight. Reason and Resonance explodes this myth by reconstructing the process through which the ear came to play a central role in modern culture and rationality.
For the past four hundred years, hearing has been understood as involving the sympathetic resonance between the vibrating air and various parts of the inner ear. But the emergence of resonance as the centerpiece of modern aurality also coincides with the triumph of a new type of epistemology in which the absence of resonance is the very condition of thought. Our mind's relationship to the world is said to rest on distance or, as the very synonym for reason suggests, reflection.
Reason and Resonance traces the genealogy of this "intimate animosity" between reason and resonance through a series of interrelated case studies involving a varied cast of otologists, philosophers, physiologists, pamphleteers, and music theorists. Among them are the seventeenth-century architect-zoologist Claude Perrault, who refuted Cartesianism in a book on sound and hearing; the Sturm und Drang poet Wilhelm Heinse and his friend the anatomist Samuel Soemmerring, who believed the ventricular fluid to be the interface between the soul and the auditory nerve; the renowned physiologist Johannes Muller, who invented the concept of "sense energies"; and Muller's most important student, Hermann von Helmholtz, author of the magisterial Sensations of Tone. Erlman also discusses key twentieth-century thinke
Discover the intricate dynamics of aurality through a captivating series of case studies spotlighting influential figures such as Claude Perrault, Wilhelm Heinse, and Hermann von Helmholtz. Each chapter delves into how the intertwining of resonance and reason has sculpted our comprehension of sound and its pivotal role in shaping human knowledge. This book is a vital resource for students, educators, and enthusiasts of philosophy, music theory, and physiology.
Embrace the intellectual journey that 'Reason and Resonance' presents, bridging the gap between the emotional and the rational, illuminating the complex landscape of hearing in today's world. Order now to deepen your understanding of modern culture and auditory cognition, with free shipping available. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781935408055
Format: Trade Paperback (US)
Year: 2014
Publisher: Zone Books
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781935408055
Format: Trade paperback (US)
Year: 2014
Publisher: Zone Books
Description:
How the ear came to play a central role in modern culture and rationality.
Hearing has traditionally been regarded as the second sense-as somehow less rational and less modern than the first sense, sight. Reason and Resonance explodes this myth by reconstructing the process through which the ear came to play a central role in modern culture and rationality.
For the past four hundred years, hearing has been understood as involving the sympathetic resonance between the vibrating air and various parts of the inner ear. But the emergence of resonance as the centerpiece of modern aurality also coincides with the triumph of a new type of epistemology in which the absence of resonance is the very condition of thought. Our mind's relationship to the world is said to rest on distance or, as the very synonym for reason suggests, reflection.
Reason and Resonance traces the genealogy of this "intimate animosity" between reason and resonance through a series of interrelated case studies involving a varied cast of otologists, philosophers, physiologists, pamphleteers, and music theorists. Among them are the seventeenth-century architect-zoologist Claude Perrault, who refuted Cartesianism in a book on sound and hearing; the Sturm und Drang poet Wilhelm Heinse and his friend the anatomist Samuel Soemmerring, who believed the ventricular fluid to be the interface between the soul and the auditory nerve; the renowned physiologist Johannes Muller, who invented the concept of "sense energies"; and Muller's most important student, Hermann von Helmholtz, author of the magisterial Sensations of Tone. Erlman also discusses key twentieth-century thinke