01593nam a22002057a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005802801210007608200150019710000190021224500420023126000410027330000230031436500090033752009650034665000120131165000350132365000110135870000180136920260703150030.0260702b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781509517367  a: Zafaa Books & Distributorsb: 313/103A, H. No.-15, Tulsi Nagar, Inderlok, Delhi.c: ZBD-2026-27-0109d: 25/06/2026  a204.47 COR  aCorbin, Alain.  aA History of Silencec/ Alain Corbin.  a, Cambridgeb: Polity Pressc, 2018.  avi, 149p.c: 24cm.  b1268  aSilence 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.  aSilence  aRenaissance to the Present Day  aPolity  aAlain Corbin.