Download or read book Reclaiming the Tacit Dimension written by George Kalamaras and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1994-03-31 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines Eastern philosophies of meditative silence in the context of Western rhetoric and discourse theory, arguing that silence is an authentic mode of knowing. Rather than an emptiness that is nihilistic, the void of meditative silence is, according to the author, a fullness in which meaning occurs. Kalamaras calls for a rethinking of the implications of such a concept of silence on contemporary theories of composition and the teaching of writing.