Chapter 9
Listening to the other
A way to change
The listening process is the object of the present work. I start from the definition of listening, and then, I expound on its development by referring to studies about fetal auditory perception and to the first experiences of intersubjectivity (Trevarthen, 1998, 2001, Ammaniti & Gallese, 2014). Thereafter, I examine processual aspects through a psychological interpretation of “The Arabian Nights”, from which I take inspiration in identifying the defining elements of listening as a communicative dimension that, for Self and Other changing, is understood as intentional intersubjective practice, activated in a somewhat implicit way. The theoretical framework of this work is infant research (Beebe & Lachmann, 1994; Reddy, 2010), whose studies concern the child’s emotional and affective development, evaluated with dynamic constructs (Stern, 1985, 2005; Winnicott, 1965, 1988; Sanders, 1985, 2007).
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.The definition of listening
- 3.The magic of listening
- 4.From hearing to the development of the listening process
- 5.Psychological assumptions of listening
- 5.1The first form of dialogue
- 5.2Childhood communication
- 6.Listening to change
- 7.Intersubjectivity underpins change
- 8.Conclusions
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Notes
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