Silence in Middle Eastern and Western Thought: The Radical Unspoken

by Jason Bahbak Mohaghegh

Book Overview

Presenting an engaging reflection on the work of prominent modern Iranian literary artists in exchange with contemporary Continental literary criticism and philosophy, this book tracks the idea of silence - through the prism of poetics, dreaming, movement, and the body - across the textual imaginations of both Western and Middle Eastern authors. Through this comparative nexus, it explores the overriding relevance of silence in modern thought, relating...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415830656
• ISBN13: 9780415830652
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.1"