{"product_id":"free-listening-paperback-softback-9781496234520","title":"Free Listening (Paperback \/ softback) 9781496234520","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFree Listening\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNaomi Waltham-Smith (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496234520\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 November 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e190 pages\u003cbr\u003e20.3 x 12.7 x 1.4 cm, 0.22 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“How not just to listen but also to rethink the concept of listening in the context of free speech debates: this is \u003ci\u003eFree Listening\u003c\/i\u003e’s urgent question. To answer it, Naomi Waltham-Smith places Continental political philosophy in conversation with leading voices in Black, feminist, and decolonial thought. She translates complex, long-standing concepts and debates into terms legible to a broad public and offers a dramatic and far-reaching reconstruction of ethics understood as aural attention.”-Erin Graff Zivin, author of \u003ci\u003eAnarchaeologies: Reading as Misreading\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eFree Listening\u003c\/i\u003e offers a radical reframing of seemingly intractable debates and polarized positions on free speech, academic freedom, systemic injustice, and political dissent by shifting attention from our voices to our ears. Instead of reclaiming the terrain of free speech that is increasingly ceded to conservatives, Naomi Waltham-Smith argues that progressives should assume a more radical task-to liberate listening from those frameworks that have determined what freedom looks like, who enjoys it, and at what cost. Refocusing on aural responsiveness forces a confrontation with the liberal tradition that has traditionally anchored claims for freedom of expression and inquiry. If listening is placed at the heart of public deliberation and disagreeing well, the relational, open-ended, and unpredictable character of free expression becomes a common good.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In a wide-ranging critical reflection on issues from civility to criticality, righteous anger to gentle listening, and silencing to streaming platforms, \u003ci\u003eFree Listening\u003c\/i\u003e makes an ambitious contribution to sound studies and political philosophy. Weaving together deconstruction, Black political thought, and decolonial theory, Waltham-Smith argues that the retort to accusations of “cancel culture” should be a revival of abolition democracy.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eProvocations\u003cbr\u003e Silencing Listening\u003cbr\u003e Listening at the Margins of the Philosophy of Liberty\u003cbr\u003e Captive Playlistening: Cued Up Subjects\u003cbr\u003e Listening: It’\u003cbr\u003es All the Rage\u003cbr\u003e Lies, Bullshit, and Sophistry: Vicious Universities\u003cbr\u003e Unheard: Silence, Justice, Repair\u003cbr\u003e Ears for a Minor Music: The End of Listening\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52656095527192,"sku":"9781496234520","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/free-listening-paperback-softback-9781496234520","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}