A History of Silence

2018-05-29 History

Author : Alain Corbin
Release : 2018-05-29
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 391/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis A History of Silence by : Alain Corbin

Download or read book A History of Silence written by Alain Corbin. This book was released on 2018-05-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Silence is not simply the absence of noise. It is within us, in the inner citadel that great writers, thinkers, scholars and people of faith have cultivated over the centuries. It characterizes our most intimate and sacred spaces, from private bedrooms to grand cathedrals – those vast reservoirs of silence. Philosophers and novelists have long sought solitude and inspiration in mountains and forests. Yet despite the centrality of silence to some of our most intense experiences, the transformations of the twentieth century have gradually diminished its value. Today, raucous urban spaces and a continual bombardment from different media pressure us into constant activity. We are losing a sense of our inner selves, a process that is changing the very nature of the individual. This book rediscovers the wonder of silence and, with this, a richer experience of life. With his predilection for the elusive, Corbin calls us to listen to another history.

A History of Silence: A Memoir (NZ Ed)

2013-08-21 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Lloyd Jones
Release : 2013-08-21
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 467/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book A History of Silence: A Memoir (NZ Ed) written by Lloyd Jones. This book was released on 2013-08-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stone by stone the basilica was being dismantled in order to be put back together again. Each stone was painted with a number and laid with care onto pallets spread over the ground . . . I kept thinking about those numbered stones. Some purpose began to take shape. I began to wonder if I might re-trace and recover something of my own past, to reassemble it in the manner of the basilica. It was a matter of looking to see if any of the original building blocks remained, and where might I find them. The 2011 earthquake that shook Christchurch to its core led Lloyd Jones to investigate his own foundations and family past. And so begins a quest to revisit what has been buried by a legacy of silence. Piecing together his own memories with clues of what has been deliberately forgotten by his parents, Jones embarks on a journey of discovery – uncovering hardships endured and sorrows kept hidden. Grandparents never spoken of or met emerge from dusty archives as he unearths lives torn apart by tragedy and unspoken mysteries. Like the city that is exposed, Jones must come to terms with a history that is not one he may have imagined. Also available as an eBook

Days in the History of Silence

2013-08-27 Fiction

Author : Merethe Lindstrom
Release : 2013-08-27
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 978/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Days in the History of Silence written by Merethe Lindstrom. This book was released on 2013-08-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the acclaimed Nordic Council Literature Prize winner, a story that reveals the devastating effects of mistaking silence for peace and feeling shame for inevitable circumstances Eva and Simon have spent most of their adult lives together. He is a physician and she is a teacher, and they have three grown daughters and a comfortable home. Yet what binds them together isn’t only affection and solidarity but also the painful facts of their respective histories, which they keep hidden even from their own children. But after the abrupt dismissal of their housekeeper and Simon’s increasing withdrawal into himself, the past can no longer be repressed. Lindstrøm has crafted a masterpiece about the grave mistakes we make when we misjudge the legacy of war, common prejudices, and our own strategies of survival.

Silence

2013-09-12 Religion

Author : Diarmaid MacCulloch
Release : 2013-09-12
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 060/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Silence written by Diarmaid MacCulloch. This book was released on 2013-09-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative meditation on the role of silence in Christian tradition by the New York Times bestselling author of Christianity We live in a world dominated by noise. Religion is, for many, a haven from the clamor of everyday life, allowing us to pause for silent contemplation. But as Diarmaid MacCulloch shows, there are many forms of religious silence, from contemplation and prayer to repression and evasion. In his latest work, MacCulloch considers Jesus’s strategic use of silence in his confrontation with Pontius Pilate and traces the impact of the first mystics in Syria on monastic tradition. He discusses the complicated fate of silence in Protestant and evangelical tradition and confronts the more sinister institutional forms of silence. A groundbreaking book by one of our greatest historians, Silence challenges our fundamental views of spirituality and illuminates the deepest mysteries of faith.

Silence

2019 History

Author : Jane Brox
Release : 2019
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 484/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Silence by : Jane Brox

Download or read book Silence written by Jane Brox. This book was released on 2019. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a history of silence as a powerful shaper of the human mind, specifically in Eastern State Penitentiary and the monastic world of Medieval Europe.

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