Symphony of Silences

Symphony of Silences invites the reader to become an
active interlocutor in the unfolding of a complex and
multilayered philosophical journey. On an analytical
level, the book ventures to give a thorough critique
of contemporary ecological ethics. It develops the
hypothesis that others a word whose careful
specification occupies the treatise as a whole are
often being marginalized and silenced in ecological
ethics. Parallel to this critique, the author
searches for a writing style that may undermine this
discourse of silencing, a writing style both succinct
and porous. He examines a dialectics of concurrent
saying and listening, of showing and impartial
discovering, as well as a dynamic synthesis of the
specific and the general. These inquiries are
embedded into a narrative. As the argument develops,
a story unfolds, the account of a journey that begins
atop a large mountain, goes off to sea, and steers
towards a surprising, unforeseen haven. The narrative
itself is woven tightly into the emerging argument
and helps to attune the complex philosophical themes
here examined to the life that each of us goes on
living, from one day to the next.

Autorentext

Martin Lee Mueller has lived and studied in Germany, the US, andNorway. He is the co-founder of the Deep Ecology Workgroup at theUniversity of Oslo. Currently he lives as a freelance writer inrural Southern Norway.

Klappentext

Symphony of Silences invites the reader to become anactive interlocutor in the unfolding of a complex andmultilayered philosophical journey. On an analyticallevel, the book ventures to give a thorough critiqueof contemporary ecological ethics. It develops thehypothesis that others - a word whose carefulspecification occupies the treatise as a whole - areoften being marginalized and silenced in ecologicalethics. Parallel to this critique, the authorsearches for a writing style that may undermine thisdiscourse of silencing, a writing style both succinctand porous. He examines a dialectics of concurrentsaying and listening, of showing and impartialdiscovering, as well as a dynamic synthesis of thespecific and the general. These inquiries areembedded into a narrative. As the argument develops,a story unfolds, the account of a journey that beginsatop a large mountain, goes off to sea, and steerstowards a surprising, unforeseen haven. The narrativeitself is woven tightly into the emerging argumentand helps to attune the complex philosophical themeshere examined to the life that each of us goes onliving, from one day to the next.