Reclaiming the Tacit Dimension

Symbolic Form in the Rhetoric of Silence

von George Kalamaras

255 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This book examines Eastern philosophies of meditative silence in the context of Western rhetoric and discourse theory, arguing that silence is an authentic mode of knowing. Rather than an emptiness that is nihilistic, the void of meditative silence is, according to the author, a fullness in which meaning occurs. Kalamaras calls for a rethinking of the implications of such a concept of silence on contemporary theories of composition and the teaching of writing.

• Reihe: SUNY Press
• ISBN: 9780791417584
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 06.04.1994
• Größe: 229 x 153 mm
• Verlag: State University of New York Press