by Alain Corbin · French and European Publications Inc · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782226323781
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«Histoire du silence» is the historical essay by Alain Corbin, published by French and European Publications Inc in paperback (210 pages, in French).
Silence is not mere absence of noise, but an inner space cultivated over centuries. Alain Corbin traces this history from the Renaissance to our days: its link with prayer, daydreaming and recollection, monastic techniques to exalt it, and its decline in the face of contemporary hyper-mediatisation.
The work falls within cultural history and the history of sensibilities and includes bibliographical references.
For readers interested in cultural history, philosophy and social attitudes towards silence.
Alain Corbin is a French historian. He is a specialist of the 19th century in France and in microhistory.
