Talking Cure (eBook)

An Essay on the Civilizing Power of Conversation

Paula Marantz Cohen (Autor)

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2023
232 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-23851-7 (ISBN)

Infos

An invigorating exploration of the pleasures and social importance of conversationTalking Cure is a timely and enticing excursion into the art of good conversation. Paula Marantz Cohen reveals how conversation connects us in ways that social media never can and explains why simply talking to each other freely and without guile may be the first step to curing what ails our troubled society.Drawing on her lifelong immersion in literature and culture and her decades of experience as a teacher and critic, Cohen argues that we learn to converse in our families and then carry that knowledge into a broader world where we encounter diverse opinions and sensibilities. She discusses the role of food in encouraging conversation, the challenges of writing dialogue in fiction, the pros and cons of Zoom, the relationship of conversation to vaudeville acts, and the educational value of a good college seminar where students learn to talk about ideas. Cohen looks at some of the famous groups of writers and artists in history whose conversation fed their creativity, and details some of the habits that can result in bad conversation.Blending the immediacy of a beautifully crafted memoir with the conviviality of an intimate gathering with friends, Talking Cure makes a persuasive case for the civilizing value of conversation and is essential reading for anyone interested in the chatter that fuels culture.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.3.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Schlagworte: An Essay on the Civilizing Power of Conversation • art of good conversation • beautifully crafted memoir • books on talking • chatter that fuels culture • coffee chat • Conversation • exploration of the pleasures • Friendship • friends who listen • listening • Literature and Culture • meeting for coffee • Memoir • Paula Marantz Cohen • Philosophy • philosophy books on converstaions • philosophy of converstaion • power of conversatio • Princeton University Press • psychological benefits of converstaion • Publishing • role of food and conversation • social benefits of conversation • soundboards • talking cure • the benefits of converstaion • why we need to talk • why we talk
• ISBN-10: 0-691-23851-0 / 0691238510
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-23851-7 / 9780691238517