a book on culture of listening

Those who are interested in the culture of listening here is a book
(unfortunately) in German. Below is about the book ( publisher's
version) sent to me by the author.
Max Ackermann: Die Kultur des Hörens
"The Culture of Hearing and Listening "

What do we know about hearing - and listening?
Our perception is not only related to biology and medicine, but perhaps
history might show how much and in which way it is also influenced by
culture and media.
How do perception and fiction interact? How do imaginary and real
perceptions co-respond? Which parts do "mentality of perception" and
"ideology of perception" play?
How do we listen to each other and to the world? – One speaks of media
development, history of literature and philosophy. This evolution tells
of the significance of the spoken word, of the sense of timing and
voices, of eloquence and culture of conversation, of musical religion
and the aestheticism of sounds, about poem singers and minstrels, of the
joy and phobia of noise, of longing to listen and the assessment of
sounds. The honored book presented here is – in german language - what
comes closest to a culture history of hearing and listening.

How did people experience the hearing and listening before us and does
our behavior differ in our time? – Before a wide panorama of time and
knowledge the author develops his theories about the adaptability of the
senses. Especially the 19th and 20th centuries demonstrate the power of
historical breaks and suspensions. This forms us profoundly, - even
until now.

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Ackermann writes about history of thought in the manner of a media and
literature scientist. Therefore, he uses texts from the beginning of the
20th century, from the primetime of the classical modern and from the
beginning of the avantgarde. He examines in detail Marcel Proust's
"Remembrance of Things Past (À la recherche du temps perdu)" and gives
surprising interpretations of European literature - from Conrad to
Woolf; from Kafka to Rilke.

Ackermann, Max: Die Kultur des Hörens. Wahrnehmung und Fiktion. Texte
vom Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts. Haßfurt; Nürnberg: Institut für
Alltagskultur/ Hans Falkenberg Verlag 2003 (Vorher: Phil.-Diss, Univ.
Erlangen-Nürnberg 1998). - Seitenzahl: 520 Seiten - Format: 19,6 cm
Breite x 26, 8 cm Höhe x 3,8 cm Tiefe - Verarbeitung: Fadenheftung,
Hardcover, altersbeständiges, chlorfreies Papier - ISBN 3-927332-20-8 -
Ladenpreis: 42,80 Euro