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Silence : a social history of one of the least understood elements of our lives

by Jane Brox

Examining the complex history of silence, this book traces its role in shaping the human mind through monastic contemplation and the forced isolation of the penitentiary system, offering insight into our modern relationship with quiet.

Accession 14434 ISBN 9780544702486 Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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History of silence as a powerful shaper of the human mind--in prisons, in places of contemplation, and in our own lives Through her evocative intertwined histories of the penitentiary and the monastery, Jane Brox illuminates the many ways silence is far more complex than any absolute; how it has influenced ideas of the self, soul, and society. -- blurb

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