The Hum of the World: A Philosophy of Listening, by Lawrence Kramer

John Shand wrestles with a difficult but intriguing account of the background noise that sets the stage for sound

Published on

June 6, 2019

Last updated

August 19, 2019

Statue

Source: Alamy/Getty

Register to continue

Why register?

Registration is free and only takes a moment
Once registered, you can read 3 articles a month
Sign up for our newsletter

Subscribe

Or subscribe for unlimited access to:

Unlimited access to news, views, insights & reviews
Digital editions
Digital access to THE’s university and college rankings analysis

Please or to read this article.

Related articles

hindu_festival_getty

How the World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy, by Julian Baggini

Lloyd Strickland welcomes an entertaining journey through non-Western philosophies

By Lloyd Strickland

7 February

Man in a temple

It Keeps Me Seeking: The Invitation from Science, Philosophy and Religion, by Andrew Briggs, Hans Halvorson and Andrew Steane

Book of the week: if the material world does not exhaust reality, what lies beyond? asks Simon Oliver

By Simon Oliver

3 January

Angélique Kidjo singing on stage

Music and Capitalism: A History of the Present, by Timothy D. Taylor

Hillegonda Rietveld on the consequences of a cultural shift from musical creativity to profit

By Hillegonda Rietveld

5 May

Soldiers performing fanfare, Red Square, Moscow, 1925

Classics for the Masses: Shaping Soviet Musical Identity under Lenin and Stalin, by Pauline Fairclough

Neil Gregor on a fine study of the ever-changing landscape of orchestral musical politics in Moscow

31 March

Sponsored