{"product_id":"lives-of-the-voice-an-essay-on-closeness-paperback","title":"Lives of the Voice: An Essay on Closeness - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHans Ulrich Gumbrecht\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen it comes to understanding the ontology of individual existence-that is, the everyday behaviors that we all perform and hardly ever think about-the voice has a particularly complicated status. Together with writing, voice is the medium expressing ideas that, broadly speaking, we have previously formed in our minds. At the same time, voices trigger vague images and associations that do not have determinate forms. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWriting in both a personal and philosophical register, Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht explores the complexity of the voice as an understudied philosophical, social, and existential phenomenon. He starts out with a focus on its core intellectual problem as \"the knot of the voice\" -referring to the inseparable proximity between meanings, images, and the physical perceptions on which they depend. In conversation with Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, Derrida, Lyotard, Luhmann, and above all Roland Barthes, Gumbrecht addresses topics that range from the social functions of the voice to its status in different historical contexts, and to the ways in which the perception of voices animates imagination. Throughout, incisive analyses of moments such as Julius Caesar's purportedly high-pitched voice, the surprisingly fragile authority of God's voice in the Torah and in the Gospel, and Gumbrecht's own personal attachment to the voices of popular singers such as Edith Piaf, Elvis Presley, and Adele, create a portrait of the voice that is both philosophically challenging and entertaining to read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHans Ulrich Gumbrecht\u003c\/b\u003e is the Albert Gu?rard Professor in Literature Emeritus at Stanford University. His many books include \u003ci\u003eProduction of Presence\u003c\/i\u003e (Stanford, 2004), \u003ci\u003eIn Praise of Athletic Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), \u003ci\u003eAtmosphere, Mood, Stimmung\u003c\/i\u003e (Stanford, 2012), \u003ci\u003eAfter 1945\u003c\/i\u003e (Stanford, 2013), and \u003ci\u003eCrowds\u003c\/i\u003e (Stanford, 2021), and \u003ci\u003eProse of the World\u003c\/i\u003e (Stanford, 2021).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 202\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45103204859983,"sku":"9781503642492","price":48.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/3083\/3487\/files\/a-Em_g8D7g9781503642492.webp?v=1776370313","url":"https:\/\/lumaryon.com\/products\/lives-of-the-voice-an-essay-on-closeness-paperback","provider":"Lumaryon Universal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}