An astonishingly good and thoughtful book. * The Wire * Sonic Thinking makes a significant contribution to the field of sound studies and sonic philosophy. Bernd Herzogenrath brings together a collection of key theorists, artists, musicians, and sound researchers to show us how thinking with sound enables us to grasp the resonance of the world without-us, that realm of cosmological entanglements between humans and nonhumans. The acoustic turn explored here presents sound in terms of intensity and vibration as opposed to the metaphysics of being, representation and identity. Sound matter is not contained through hylomorphic ontology, rather this collection of sonic researchers and artists present an alternative process-orientated ontology that is based on becoming: sound entities are events that are contingent actualizations of virtual potential. * jan jagodzinski, Professor of Visual Art and Media Education, University of Alberta, Canada * Sonic Thinking reminds us that listening is a deep dimension of intelligence, and a call to be more fully present in the world around us. * John Luther Adams, Composer, USA *
