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A review by mcclarty03
In Pursuit of Silence: Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise by George Prochnik
2.0
I was incredibly intrigued by the subject matter as someone who LOVES quiet.
Still, there have been a number of cringe moments. A focus on the musings, philosophies, and paradigms of men that donāt seem necessary. Waxing nostalgically about the Greeks while mis-attributing to them.
Then I came across this sentence this morning. After the author talks about an Italian Futurist that brags about war being the āworlds only hygieneā. Note, the author euphemistically/dismissively calls this tirade a āregrettable formulation.ā *eyeroll*
āMarinettiās [the futurist] rhapsody to war sounds like the birth of gangster rap.ā
What in entire hell is he talking about?
For a book that dives headfirst into the nuance of sound and silence, he misses nuance every where else. He speaks authoritatively on matters heās either had no experience in or limited exposure to. Which Iām assuming by how myopic and binary he is in discussing them.
Itās a shame, Iām curious about the subject matter and Iām a book finisher.
If you can read past all of the personal musings (which is a lot) you will probably find the book enjoyable. His musings donāt at all reflect my experience, and are incredibly limited to a Western European approach and ethos.
Iām good.
Still, there have been a number of cringe moments. A focus on the musings, philosophies, and paradigms of men that donāt seem necessary. Waxing nostalgically about the Greeks while mis-attributing to them.
Then I came across this sentence this morning. After the author talks about an Italian Futurist that brags about war being the āworlds only hygieneā. Note, the author euphemistically/dismissively calls this tirade a āregrettable formulation.ā *eyeroll*
āMarinettiās [the futurist] rhapsody to war sounds like the birth of gangster rap.ā
What in entire hell is he talking about?
For a book that dives headfirst into the nuance of sound and silence, he misses nuance every where else. He speaks authoritatively on matters heās either had no experience in or limited exposure to. Which Iām assuming by how myopic and binary he is in discussing them.
Itās a shame, Iām curious about the subject matter and Iām a book finisher.
If you can read past all of the personal musings (which is a lot) you will probably find the book enjoyable. His musings donāt at all reflect my experience, and are incredibly limited to a Western European approach and ethos.
Iām good.