Thinking with sound a new program in the sciences and humanities around 1900

Thinking with Sound traces the formation of auditory knowledge in the sciences and humanities in the decades around 1900. When the outside world is silent, all sorts of sounds often come to mind: inner voices, snippets of past conversations, imaginary debates, beloved and unloved melodies. What shou...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tkaczyk, Viktoria
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London University of Chicago Press 2023, ©2023
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Collection: DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : disciplining auditory cognition
  • The sonic unconscious : neuropathology and psychoanalysis
  • Auditory images : linguistics and metaphysics
  • Sound as a comparative object : physics meets psychology
  • Aural attention : muscle feelings and the quest for authority in the arts
  • New brains, ears, and tongues : disciplines of language planning
  • Conclusion : time leaps.