For More Than One Voice: Toward a Philosophy of Vocal Expression

by Adriana Cavarero

Book Overview

The human voice does not deceive. The one who is speaking is inevitably revealed by the singular sound of her voice, no matter "what" she says. We take this fact for granted--for example, every time someone asks, over the telephone, "Who is speaking?" and receives as a reply the familiar utterance, "It's me." Starting from the given uniqueness of every voice, Cavarero rereads the history of philosophy through its peculiar evasion of this embodied...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804749558
• ISBN13: 9780804749558
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"