Experiencing Sound

Experiencing Sound
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 195
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ISBN-10 : 9780520400849
ISBN-13 : 0520400844
Rating : 4/5 (844 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Experiencing Sound by : Lawrence Kramer

Download or read book Experiencing Sound written by Lawrence Kramer and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2024-09-03 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the winds of Mars to a baby's first laugh, a prolific philosopher-composer reflects on the profound imperative of sound in everyday life. Experiencing Sound presents its subject as fundamental to all experience—sensation, perception, and understanding. Lawrence Kramer turns on its head the widespread notion that vision takes pride of place among the senses and demonstrates how paying attention to sound can transform how we make meaning out of experience. Through a series of brief, lyrical forays, Kramer shows that sound, whether heard or unheard, is the object of a primary need and an essential component in the sensation of being alive and the perception of time. It is something that we may suffer—or be made to suffer—as well as enjoy. Like its predecessor The Hum of the World, this book ranges widely across music, philosophy, literature, art, media, and history, from classical antiquity to the present, as it invites us to experience sound anew.


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