A new, philosophically grounded theory of the voice--the voice as the lever of thought, as one of the paramount embodiments of the psychoanalytic object. Plutarch tells the story of a man who plucked a nightingale and finding but little to eat exclaimed: "You are just a voice and nothing more." Plucking the feathers of meaning that cover the voice, dismantling the body from which the voice seems to emanate, resisting the Sirens' song of fascination...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0262541874
ISBN13:9780262541879
Release Date:February 2006
Publisher:MIT Press
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.56 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.5" x 7.9"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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