Manifesto for Silence: Confronting the Politics and Culture of Noise

Author:   Professor Stuart Sim (Northumbria University, UK Northumbria University Northumbria University Northumbria University Northumbria University, UK Northumbria University Northumbria University)
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
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9781280866524


Pages:   225
Publication Date:   01 January 2007
Format:   Electronic book text
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Manifesto for Silence: Confronting the Politics and Culture of Noise


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This work is a plea for silence in our busy world, arguing that we need more rather than less of it in our lives. This book makes an urgent demand for silence. The ability to think, to reflect, and to create are all highly dependent on regular access to silence. Yet in today's noisy, 24/7 society silence and quiet are under threat. And the business world only makes this worse with cynical marketing strategies abusing the power of noise: ever-diminishing oases of calm are hard to find. Stuart Sim argues that we need more, not less, silence. He explains why silence matters, where it matters - in our environment, in religion, philosophy, the arts, literature and science - and why the human race will suffer if we do not make space for it. The confrontation between the politics of noise and the politics of silence affects all of us profoundly: we cannot stay neutral on this issue.

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Author:   Professor Stuart Sim (Northumbria University, UK Northumbria University Northumbria University Northumbria University Northumbria University, UK Northumbria University Northumbria University)
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:  

9781280866524


ISBN 10:   1280866527
Pages:   225
Publication Date:   01 January 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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