The Other Side of Language: A Philosophy of Listening

Our philosophy is grounded in only half a language, in which the power of discourse is deployed while 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 comunication, reducing the unspeaking, non-expressive Other to a void, a negation. 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 the 'silent' silence of Western thought with the rich openness of an authentic listening.

• | Author: Gemma Corradi Fiumara
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: December 20, 1995
• | Number of Pages: 240 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 041504927X
• | ISBN-13: 9780415049276