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A brilliant and inspiring book that clearly illustrates how silence has shaped history and culture as much as the spoken word has. --Gillian Wearing, artist, and winner of the Turner Prize for Sixty-Minute Silence Kenny moves the reader to fully appreciate the beauty in silences of peaceful interconnection, those that make music ebb and flow, and the therapeutic silences of self-knowledge. He shows the multifaceted nature of silence and the profound importance of context in understanding its meaning. --Dr Heidi M. Levitt, Department of Psychology Engaging, thought-provoking, and full of fascinating detail, this is a must-read for anyone intrigued by the place of silence in today's increasingly noisy world. Kenny's crisp writing skillfully illuminates the many faces of silence. --Dr Jolyon Mitchell, Director of the Centre for Theology and Public Issues An impressively wide-ranging and informative survey of the joys and dangers of silence as cultural concept and practice. Kenny draws the reader into this fascinating topic with the breadth of his scholarship and even-handedness of his judgements. --Professor Stuart Sim, author of Manifesto for Silence: Confronting the Politics and Culture of Noise Kenny's book will be invaluable for anyone who wants to explore the richness and complexity of silence in a wide range of social domains and activities. Silence emerges as a multifaceted resource with which we create meaning and a powerful metaphor through which we can gain understanding of the surrounding world. The Power of Silence will engage readers and enrich their experience of this most ineffable of all the communicative forms. --Prof. Adam Jaworski, Centre for Language and Communication Research

Kenny moves the reader to fully appreciate the beauty in silences of peaceful interconnection, those that make music ebb and flow, and the therapeutic silences of self-knowledge. He shows the multifaceted nature of silence and the profound importance of context in understanding its meaning. --Dr Heidi M. Levitt, Department of Psychology An impressively wide-ranging and informative survey of the joys and dangers of silence as cultural concept and practice. Kenny draws the reader into this fascinating topic with the breadth of his scholarship and even-handedness of his judgements. --Professor Stuart Sim, author of Manifesto for Silence: Confronting the Politics and Culture of Noise A brilliant and inspiring book that clearly illustrates how silence has shaped history and culture as much as the spoken word has. --Gillian Wearing, artist, and winner of the Turner Prize for Sixty-Minute Silence Engaging, thought-provoking, and full of fascinating detail, this is a must-read for anyone intrigued by the place of silence in today's increasingly noisy world. Kenny's crisp writing skillfully illuminates the many faces of silence. --Dr Jolyon Mitchell, Director of the Centre for Theology and Public Issues Kenny's book will be invaluable for anyone who wants to explore the richness and complexity of silence in a wide range of social domains and activities. Silence emerges as a multifaceted resource with which we create meaning and a powerful metaphor through which we can gain understanding of the surrounding world. The Power of Silence will engage readers and enrich their experience of this most ineffable of all the communicative forms. --Prof. Adam Jaworski, Centre for Language and Communication Research

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