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Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
What is silence? In a series of short meditations, novelist and playwright John Biguenet considers silence as a servant of power, as a lie, as a punishment, as the voice of God, as a terrorist's final weapon, as a luxury good, as the reason for torture-in short, as an ...more
What is silence? In a series of short meditations, novelist and playwright John Biguenet considers silence as a servant of power, as a lie, as a punishment, as the voice of God, as a terrorist's final weapon, as a luxury good, as the reason for torture-in short, as an ...more
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September 24th 2015
by Bloomsbury Academic
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Il saggio che ho letto, parla del silenzio. Cos'è il silenzio? Esiste davvero il silenzio e come si manifesta? Riusciamo a capire quando siamo in silenzio, quello vero ed assoluto? e molte altre domande...
Nella nostra società odierna, il silenzio ha poco spazio, dato che viviamo in un continuo brusio dato da macchinari sempre accesi, come automobili, TV, elettrodomestici, cellulari ecc... e pensado più in grande, ci sono aerei, centinaia di aerei in giro ogni giorno a tutte le ore, così come aut ...more
Nella nostra società odierna, il silenzio ha poco spazio, dato che viviamo in un continuo brusio dato da macchinari sempre accesi, come automobili, TV, elettrodomestici, cellulari ecc... e pensado più in grande, ci sono aerei, centinaia di aerei in giro ogni giorno a tutte le ore, così come aut ...more
May 05, 2020
Federica Rampi
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Che significato ha il silenzio nella nostra vita?
Ci viene insegnato che il silenzio è d’oro, ci viene chiesto di praticarlo la maggior parte delle volte nella nostra vita, specie a scuola e spesso lo usiamo per eludere situazioni spiacevoli e risentirci quando invece è usato contro di noi.
Il silenzio può nascondere una bugia, una punizione, la voce della coscienza.
Spesso il silenzio è un bene di lusso.
Biguenet ce lo spiega avvalendosi di una vasta gamma di esperienze umane, che spaziano da Freud ...more
Ci viene insegnato che il silenzio è d’oro, ci viene chiesto di praticarlo la maggior parte delle volte nella nostra vita, specie a scuola e spesso lo usiamo per eludere situazioni spiacevoli e risentirci quando invece è usato contro di noi.
Il silenzio può nascondere una bugia, una punizione, la voce della coscienza.
Spesso il silenzio è un bene di lusso.
Biguenet ce lo spiega avvalendosi di una vasta gamma di esperienze umane, che spaziano da Freud ...more
Durante la quarantena la casa editrice Il Saggiatore offriva a giorni alterni ebook da scaricare gratuitamente. Essendo un'amante del silenzio ho subito approfittato dell'offerta per scaricare questo breve saggio di Biguenet sul silenzio. Non è esattamente ciò che mi aspettavo, ma ha superato le aspettative ed è stato persino più interessante di ciò che pensassi. Io ero convinta che mi sarei trovata tra le mani un libro che parlasse di natura, di spiritualità, di come l'uomo sia alla ricerca del
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I loved the concept. Couldn’t believe that an author can write a book on Silence. I just had a few issues in the middle of the book where I felt the author went off topic and there were just too many allegories and names thrown and I clearly couldn’t understand the subject. And that’s why my rating of 3.
The initial chapters blew me away, Selling Silence as a Commodity is something I most identified with. The end chapters also made me learn some absolutely new things. I can easily give this short ...more
The initial chapters blew me away, Selling Silence as a Commodity is something I most identified with. The end chapters also made me learn some absolutely new things. I can easily give this short ...more
A few of the essays really stretched the concept of what silence means beyond its breaking point, and Biguenet has the habit of falling into painfully purple prose during those moments. Other clearer essays actually have something to say. Mixed bag.
Such a surprisingly moving, astute, almost poetic object lesson on silence.
Mi aspettavo una riflessione sul silenzio e non l'analisi del silenzio nell'arte e nella vita.
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I was expecting this to be about the science of silence and how it appears in nature, but this is about silence in terms of society.
Biguenet sums it up near the beginning when he describes silence as representing both luxury or terror.
He sites airplanes as examples of both. First with the luxury of affording quiet club rooms at the airport and noise cancelling headphones for the flight, and then the terror of the silence he witnessed / partook in when there was a malfunction on a flight he was o ...more
“Anche se il silenzio rimarrà per sempre al di là della nostra portata, l’idea di un simile presunto vuoto è un oggetto la cui utilità è inesauribile e il cui valore in un mondo così assordante, cresce a dismisura.”
John Biguenet costruisce un saggio sul silenzio attingenti da varie fonti e da varie occasioni, con lo scopo di elogiare qualcosa che purtroppo nel nostro mondo contemporaneo meccanizzato e informatizzato ormai è difficile da trovare.
Purtroppo il saggio non mi è piaciuto. C’è troppa ...more
John Biguenet costruisce un saggio sul silenzio attingenti da varie fonti e da varie occasioni, con lo scopo di elogiare qualcosa che purtroppo nel nostro mondo contemporaneo meccanizzato e informatizzato ormai è difficile da trovare.
Purtroppo il saggio non mi è piaciuto. C’è troppa ...more
"The consequences of living in a world without curtains may be as serious as the daily price paid for living in a world without silence" - J. Biguenet
Wow- second favorite instalment of the Object Lessons series so far! The author explores the biological impact of silence- both desired or through deafness, the use of silence in art and language in song and on stage, silencing of populations through genocide, breaking silences through torture, and so many more thought provoking ideas about an inta ...more
Wow- second favorite instalment of the Object Lessons series so far! The author explores the biological impact of silence- both desired or through deafness, the use of silence in art and language in song and on stage, silencing of populations through genocide, breaking silences through torture, and so many more thought provoking ideas about an inta ...more
How does silence or the lack thereof shape our lives? How is silence used to control? These are just a couple of questions that get explored in this book. I finished it five days ago and am still contemplating.
I have translated this book to Turkish
Thought provoking little book.
Feb 06, 2018
Kate
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“Wovon man nicht reden kann, darueber muss man schweigen.” –LW (About that of which we cannot speak, we must remain silent.)
In the anechoic chamber, you become the sound.
Reading is a fitful silencing of the self.
Even speech can be a form of silence.
“Speech is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness.” –HP
“Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.” –CG
“Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.” –GBS
In the anechoic chamber, you become the sound.
Reading is a fitful silencing of the self.
Even speech can be a form of silence.
“Speech is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness.” –HP
“Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.” –CG
“Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.” –GBS
This is my favorite of John Biguenet's works. I read this book in one sitting because I absolutely couldn't put it down. "Silence" reads like a novel but is incredibly informative, everything you wish educational texts could be but rarely are. Biguenet manages to cover a wide range of information while still arranging it in a way that creates a very natural flow. By the end of the book you'll be seeing silence in ways you've never imagined and in places you've never thought possible. I won't spo
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I love the Object Lessons series by Bloomsbury. In Silence, Biguenet takes a look at silence in an extended essay format, examining the role of silence in music, the idea of silent reading, silence in religion, silence as a part of punishment with solitary confinement, in the silencing of voices, and more. This was a fascinating read and I love the format of this series -- in depth looks at the cultural, historical, religious, artistic, etc perspectives about a particular topic. If you enjoy the
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The book is a long essay on the meaning and aesthetics of silence. Biguenet examines silence as an absence, an action, a form of speech, a feature of music, and more. The most valuable passages discuss silence after Katrina -- the silence induced by that trauma. Yet some of his references to deafness show an lack of awareness of disability critique, where one should be. Overall, a good dip into sound theory.
Very thought provoking.
First "Objects" book I've read. Enjoyed. Silently reading is not silent, etc. More please.
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