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  • Alberta Giani
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Controversies in the Contemporary World
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Abstract

The listening process is the object of the present work. I start from the definition of listening, and then, I expound on its development by referring to studies about fetal auditory perception and to the first experiences of intersubjectivity (Trevarthen, 1998, 2001, Ammaniti & Gallese, 2014). Thereafter, I examine processual aspects through a psychological interpretation of “The Arabian Nights”, from which I take inspiration in identifying the defining elements of listening as a communicative dimension that, for Self and Other changing, is understood as intentional intersubjective practice, activated in a somewhat implicit way. The theoretical framework of this work is infant research (Beebe & Lachmann, 1994; Reddy, 2010), whose studies concern the child’s emotional and affective development, evaluated with dynamic constructs (Stern, 1985, 2005; Winnicott, 1965, 1988; Sanders, 1985, 2007).

Abstract

The listening process is the object of the present work. I start from the definition of listening, and then, I expound on its development by referring to studies about fetal auditory perception and to the first experiences of intersubjectivity (Trevarthen, 1998, 2001, Ammaniti & Gallese, 2014). Thereafter, I examine processual aspects through a psychological interpretation of “The Arabian Nights”, from which I take inspiration in identifying the defining elements of listening as a communicative dimension that, for Self and Other changing, is understood as intentional intersubjective practice, activated in a somewhat implicit way. The theoretical framework of this work is infant research (Beebe & Lachmann, 1994; Reddy, 2010), whose studies concern the child’s emotional and affective development, evaluated with dynamic constructs (Stern, 1985, 2005; Winnicott, 1965, 1988; Sanders, 1985, 2007).

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents vii
  3. Foreword xi
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Section 1. Philosophies and controversies
  6. Chapter 1. Leibniz beyond Leibniz 7
  7. Chapter 2. Locke’s and Leibniz’s virtual debate over Of our knowledge of the existence of God 29
  8. Chapter 3. Locke and Leibniz on matter and solidity 49
  9. Chapter 4. How should we think about a trans-cultural hermeneutics? 69
  10. Chapter 5. Virtues and vices and parts and wholes 85
  11. Chapter 6. Trajectories and challenges of translating traditional Chinese medicine 105
  12. Section 2. Dialogue and controversies
  13. Chapter 7. Dialogue in philosophical practices 127
  14. Chapter 8. The absence of God 145
  15. Chapter 9. Listening to the other 161
  16. Chapter 10. Controversies on hypercomplexity and on education in the hypertechnological era 179
  17. Chapter 11. The beleaguered filibuster of the US Senate 201
  18. Chapter 12. The ruins of the political 217
  19. Chapter 13. Coordination games and disagreement 241
  20. Chapter 14. How to solve controversies in scenarios of legal pluralism 261
  21. Chapter 15. The “water memory affair” 279
  22. About the contributors 297
  23. Subject index 303
https://doi.org/10.1075/cvs.15.10gia

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents vii
  3. Foreword xi
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Section 1. Philosophies and controversies
  6. Chapter 1. Leibniz beyond Leibniz 7
  7. Chapter 2. Locke’s and Leibniz’s virtual debate over Of our knowledge of the existence of God 29
  8. Chapter 3. Locke and Leibniz on matter and solidity 49
  9. Chapter 4. How should we think about a trans-cultural hermeneutics? 69
  10. Chapter 5. Virtues and vices and parts and wholes 85
  11. Chapter 6. Trajectories and challenges of translating traditional Chinese medicine 105
  12. Section 2. Dialogue and controversies
  13. Chapter 7. Dialogue in philosophical practices 127
  14. Chapter 8. The absence of God 145
  15. Chapter 9. Listening to the other 161
  16. Chapter 10. Controversies on hypercomplexity and on education in the hypertechnological era 179
  17. Chapter 11. The beleaguered filibuster of the US Senate 201
  18. Chapter 12. The ruins of the political 217
  19. Chapter 13. Coordination games and disagreement 241
  20. Chapter 14. How to solve controversies in scenarios of legal pluralism 261
  21. Chapter 15. The “water memory affair” 279
  22. About the contributors 297
  23. Subject index 303
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