For more than one voice: toward a philosophy of vocal expression

Table of Contents Translator's Introduction...Paul A. Kottman Introduction 1. The Voice According to Calvino Introduction 2. Preliminary Outline of the Theme of the Voice or, Philosophy Closes its Ears PART I -- How Logos Lost its Voice 1. The Voice of Jacob 2. 'Saying,' Instead of the 'Said' 3. The De-vocalization of logos 4. The Voice of the Soul 5. The Strange Case of the Anti-Metaphysician Ireneo Funes 6. The Voice of Language 7. When Thinking Was Done With the Lungs... 8. Some Irresistible (and Somewhat Dangerous) Flute-Playing 9. The Rhapsodic Voice or, Ion's Specialty PART II. Women Who Sing 1. 'Sing to Me, O Muse' 2. The Fate of the Sirens 3. Melodramatic Voices 4. The Maternal chora or, The Voice of the Poetic Text 5. Truth Sings In Key 6. The Hurricane does not Roar in Pentameter 7. The Harmony of the Spheres or, The Political Control of mousike PART III: A POLITICS OF VOICES 1. Echo or, On Resonance 2. A Vocal Ontology of Uniqueness 3. Logos and Politics 4. The Reciprocal Communication of Voices Appendix: Dedicated to Derrida Notes Index