TY - BOOK ID - 77913757 TI - The Power of Silence : Silent Communication in Daily Life PY - 2018 SN - 0429907559 0429482787 1283118637 9786613118639 1849408971 9781849408974 9781283118637 9781855758414 1855758415 036710699X 0429921780 PB - Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Nonverbal communication. KW - Non-verbal communication KW - Communication KW - Expression UR - http://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77913757 AB - This book demonstrates that silence is eloquent, powerful, beautiful and even dangerous. It surrounds and permeates our daily lives. Drawing on a wide range of cross-cultural, literary and historical sources, the author explores the uses and abuses of silence. He explains how silence is not associated with solitude alone but has a much broader value within society.The main themes of The Power of Silence are positive and negative uses of silence, and the various ways in which silence has been understood culturally, socially and spiritually. The book's objectives are to equip people with a better appreciation of the value of silence and to enable them to explore its benefits and uses more easily for themselves. ER -