For More Than One Voice : Toward a Philosophy of Vocal Expression

Translator's Introduction vii Introduction 1(18) PART I: HOW LOGOS LOST ITS VOICE The Voice of Jacob 19(7) ``Saying,'' Instead of the ``Said'' 26(7) The Devocalization of Logos 33(9) The Voice of the Soul 42(5) The Strange Case of the Antimetaphysician Ireneo Funes 47(6) The Voice of Language 53(9) When Thinking Was Done with the Lungs . . . 62(6) Some Irresistible (and Somewhat Dangerous) Flute Playing 68(11) The Rhapsodic Voice; or, Ion's Specialty 79(16) PART II: WOMEN WHO SING ``Sing to Me, O Muse'' 95(8) The Fate of the Sirens 103(14) Melodramatic Voices 117(14) The Maternal Chora; or, The Voice of the Poetic Text 131(8) Truth Sings in Key 139(7) The Hurricane Does Not Roar in Pentameter 146(6) The Harmony of the Spheres; or, The Political Control of Mousike 152(13) PART III: A POLITICS OF VOICES Echo; or, On Resonance 165(8) A Vocal Ontology of Uniqueness 173(10) Logos and Politics 183(14) The Reciprocal Communication of Voices 197(16) Appendix: Dedicated to Derrida 213(29) Notes 242(21) Index 263