The Ethics of Silence

This volume is an interdisciplinary exploration of the modalities, meanings, and practices of silence in contemporary social discourse. How is silence treated in different cultures? In a globalized world, how is silence managed between and across cultures?

Co-authored by a philosopher and an economist, the text draws on interviews with scholars and practitioners in fields as diverse as marine biology and African American history. International case studies are presented in operational contexts from the Black Lives Matter movement to the creation of art installations to the struggles of transgender people in Southeast Asia. The authors examine the relationship between ethics and silence, and suggest strategies to transform social praxis through greater attention to silence.

Employs an interdisciplinary methodology. Demonstrates a global scope. Deals with the phenomenon of silence in several contexts.

Autorentext

Nancy Billias, Professor of Philosophy, University of Saint Joseph, West Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Sivaram Vemuri, Associate Professor of Economics, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Modalities of Silence Chapter 3: Methodology Chapter 4: The silence surrounding special needs children in a Third-world country (Guyana) Chapter 5: Whose silence? Echoes of disembodied trauma in Buenos Aires Chapter 6: Silence in the environment: Sustainable development in Nigeria after COP21 Chapter 7: Silence in cross-cultural education: Pohnpei, Micronesia or Zuni, New Mexico Chapter 8: Listening to the spectrum: Autism in America and India Chapter 9: An ear for the elderly: Age Care amongst the Indian Diaspora in Australia Chapter 10: Making something out of silence: Indigenous sustainable livelihoods (Indonesia) Chapter 11: Rising from silence to radicalization: Immigrants in Brussels Chapter 12: Visible silence: Art as testimony/protest/social critique (Warsaw) Chapter 13: The Silence of Black Lives/Black Deaths in the US, 2014-2015 Chapter 14: Epilogue