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追尋寧靜:一場顛覆聽覺經驗的田野踏查,探索聲音的未知領域

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這個世界越來越喧鬧,但我們真的不需要聲音嗎?
從塵囂喧鬧到萬籟俱寂,一段關於深度聆聽的冒險旅程

★在廣袤無垠的外太空漫步,能獲得無與倫比的寧靜體驗?
★被高達160分貝的音浪擊中,身體會產生什麼反應?
★通勤或慢跑我們習慣戴上耳機,用聲音將自己包圍起來,原因何在?
★用高科技減噪建材打造全世界最安靜的房子,會發生什麼意想不到的事?

追求身心靜定的大疫情時代 VS. 聲音經濟大行其道的今日
以跨領域觀點,對寧靜議題最深度的剖析與反省!

作者普羅契尼克酷愛寧靜,厭惡噪音,為了尋求精神和感官的雙重平靜,他毅然走訪全國各地,找尋他所能想像最安靜與最喧鬧的地方。從生物實驗室到禪園、大賣場及隔音材料大會,從隱修院、噪音測量公司、勁爆汽車音響大賽乃至聽障空間,訪談生物學家、聽覺科學家、聲學工程師、僧侶、建築師、聲音行銷人員和聾啞學校校長等專業人士,所獲得的觀點顛覆了我們對聲音的想像!

本書透過多元聲音場景、精彩訪談及研究文獻,並融入充滿哲思的個人感悟,從生物、科學、哲學、商業和藝術文化等面向,看待寧靜和噪音所構成的反差與多重辯證關係:

●演化機制:保持安靜是自然萬物的求生之道。自然界中絕少發出巨響

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Published September 1, 2021

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George Prochnik

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George Prochnik’s essays, poetry, and fiction have appeared in numerous journals. He has taught English and American literature at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, is editor-at-large for Cabinet magazine, and is the author of In Pursuit of Silence: Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise and Putnam Camp: Sigmund Freud, James Jackson Putnam, and the Purpose of American Psychology. He lives in New York City.

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